Show Brownings Inspiration A now light on Robert Brownings relation to the stago has been shed by Otis Skinner In a recent interview on tho subject of tho great English poet Declares Mr Skinner Browning stopped writing plays with tho stage in mind right after his i quarrel with the actormanager Mac ready After that he did not caro whether or no his dramas ever saw tho footlights He did not aim at actual theatrical representation and w so allowed his psychological genius Its full sway irrespective of the conditions ti con-ditions that circumscribe practical dramatic endeavor When Lawrence Barrett produced his masterful work a The Blot In tho Scutcheon Browning felt a now influence come into his 1 life and art Ho wrote Mr Barrett a warmly appreciative letter complimenting compli-menting him upon tho popular success suc-cess he had won for the piece and adding If I had only had you to a write for in the past I might have d written more actable plays It was too late however for Barrett to become < be-come tho inspiration ho might otherwise other-wise have been How difficult Brown lugs verso is for actual stago preson tatlon I experienced I while playing Norbert in In a Balcony with Mrs Lo Moyno and Ml bsoru |