Show Henry Millers Miller's Attention to Details Henry Miller is one of or the most careful care are ful stage directors on the American Amerlean stage Take for instance the first act of The Famous Mrs Fair the play by James Forbes In which Mr Miller and Blanche Bates are no now on tour Bade Back of the stage in the tho setting letting for this this act act appears a a. door and several windows windows windows win win- dows leading out on a n walk and shrub shrub- bordered lawn During the action of the play several characters enter through this door Once or twice figures are aTe seen passing by the windows Now most producers producers pro pro- would have havo been satisfied with the tho usual back drops and as the easiest way to stage the scene would have al alIt allowed allowed al- al lowed the lawn n to appear to be on the same It level lla as J the e room drawing floor Not BO so with Mr Miller Il ler Knowing that the tho lawn of an e e country homo Is of ou always sever sever- e ower e than e even the first floor Mi 1 M i Jer insists on having the entire r rear of f the stage in n whatever te t ere i theatre a he may present e this Play cut cutaway cutaway away and lowered to a II depth of ot s several veral tent feet But II a small proportion of the audience thus thun far fir it is III safe to say liay has taken more moroe than a 3 passing Inter interest eh t in this detail detail de de- de- de tail I which would easily be overlooked OO by m many stage directors lr ls who had not gone AOne through the achoo schooling ln that was Mr Millers Miller's a. a i t |