Thornton Wilder by Penelope Niven Page A

138, 140, 369–70
    engagement of, 508; see also Dakin, Janet Wilder
    in England, 195, 205, 216, 323, 370
    in Europe, 47, 49, 55, 66, 70
    and independence, 368, 369, 411, 415
    and money matters, 329
    at Mount Holyoke, 370–71, 484, 508
    in New Haven, 92, 98, 116, 122, 188, 234, 250, 326, 370
    science interest of, 217, 370–71, 415, 417–18
    as teacher, 484, 508
    as writer, 371
    Wilder, Julian (uncle), 22, 39, 114
    Wilder, Theodore (no relation), 99, 109, 156–57
    Wilder, Theophilus (grandfather), 2
    Wilder, Theophilus (twin brother, stillborn), 1, 11, 682
    Wilder, Thornton Niven:
    as actor, 120, 465, 466, 469, 477, 495, 591–92, 607–8, 647
    and aging, 674, 681–83, 690–95, 697–98, 700
    and alcohol use, 630–32
    awards and honors to, 157, 175, 313, 322, 352, 451, 549, 564–65, 591, 613, 616–17, 639, 640, 645, 660, 663, 666, 669
    and biographers, 679–80
    birth and childhood of, 1–2, 11, 13–14, 17–28, 32–35, 62
    in California, 25–28, 37, 64, 66–70, 72–73, 74–75, 77–78, 83, 92–93
    as camp counselor, 223–26
    and Charlotte’s illness, 518, 521–22, 524–25, 529, 534, 625
    at Chefoo school, 40–49, 51, 52–54, 58, 59
    in China, 38–49, 54–55, 57, 62–63
    and Chrysler convertible, 484, 487–88, 494–96, 507
    and clothes, 64, 78, 90, 91, 119, 120, 202–3
    and college plans, 84, 88–92, 95, 124–25, 134, 144, 170
    and death, 691–92
    death and burial of, 699, 701–3
    discipline of, 387–88, 476
    and Eros, 609, 694–95
    in Europe, 274, 275–79, 326–27, 400–401, 402–4, 408–10, 429–33, 442, 604–5, 614, 616, 622, 640, 646, 663–64, 665–66, 676–77
    â€œAn Evening with Thornton Wilder,” 653
    evolution as a writer, 588–89, 641, 643, 673, 702–3
    and existentialism, 571–72
    and fame, 313–14, 317, 318, 321, 323, 324, 325, 333, 347, 408, 458, 651, 674–75
    family background of, 2–4
    and family obligations, 296–97, 347, 361, 364, 368–69, 420, 517, 534, 625, 634
    and family separations, 47, 49, 57, 63, 67, 70, 71, 92, 138, 141, 366–67
    family visits of, 144, 271–72, 273, 291, 294, 369
    and farmwork, 81, 93, 100, 105, 106–11, 129, 134, 139–40, 141–44, 179
    FBI investigation of, 495–97
    financial support for family from, 205, 226–27, 231, 328–30, 398, 410, 412, 420, 517, 534
    friendships of, 93, 99, 121, 136, 191, 260–62, 291–93, 353–56, 360, 395, 403, 413–14, 418–19, 430–31, 608–9, 651, 658–59, 679
    health problems of, 214, 301, 339, 397–98, 563, 565–66, 611–12, 637, 664–65, 681–82, 690–91
    and his brother, 63, 136–37, 154
    and his father, 24, 33, 34–35, 39, 40, 42, 47, 49, 52, 58, 60, 63, 67–68, 72–73, 77–78, 84, 93, 104, 105, 108, 109, 110, 119–20, 124, 125–26, 130, 135, 145, 146–47, 159, 160, 164, 168, 178–79, 180–81, 188–89, 190, 193–96, 200–202, 212, 220, 227, 228–29, 235–36, 239, 260, 297, 368, 378, 410–11, 412, 413
    and his mother, 28, 58, 59, 60, 63, 72, 74–75, 96, 110, 128, 190–91, 219–20, 226–27, 229–32, 271, 273–74, 298, 370, 379, 413, 417, 577, 579
    in Hollywood, 383–87, 534–36
    and home, 280–81, 362–66, 417
    in Hong Kong, 19–25
    journals of, see Wilder, Thornton Niven, journals of
    at Lawrenceville, 202–5, 208–11, 214–15, 222, 231, 238, 245, 297–98, 300–301
    at MacDowell Colony, 236–38, 272, 298, 327, 331, 425, 490, 491, 630, 665, 678
    in Maine, 111–14
    Marsh’s portrait of, 174
    as mentor, 650–51, 675–76
    and money matters, 64, 89, 90–91, 100, 119, 121, 145, 190, 195–96, 200, 215, 226–27, 260, 274, 291, 296–97, 314, 325, 328–30, 338, 346–47,