Picnic

US true first: Random House, New York, 1953 — the census claim is confirmed. Inge wrote in English for the American stage and no earlier or simultaneous UK or original-language edition was located; the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award both attach to this 1953 publication. First-thus trap: the Dramatists Play Service acting edition (ISBN 082220892X) is a later separate publication in wrappers and is not the first edition despite carrying the same title and text.