The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-22

Speaking in that delightful man. ner so characteristic of the cultured Englishman, and with his accent pointed. as it were, by his Scotch an- 1 cestry, William Archer. of London, gave the members of the Contem- porary Club a most interesting and highly entertaining talk last evening at the home of MT. and Mrs. Andrew M. Cooper on Brooklawn avenue. L. T. Warner introduced the speaker.
 MT. Archer, who is universally conceded to be the greatest dramatic critic of the day, has been in this country, primarily to supervise the rehearsal of his play, "The Green Goddess" now playing in New York, with George Arliss in the leading role. He is reputed to have been the man who discovered" Bernard Shaw and according to his own story it was through him that Shaw ob- tatned a start at journalist work in London after a number of lean years spent in writing novels that no pub- fisher would touch.
 His talk was in a large measure anecdotal. and belied the fact that the Scotch, as he said, are popularly conceded to have no sense of humor, being too downright literal.
 His topic was Shaw, Galsworthy and Barie," and in opening his lec- ture he said they were among the most eminent British writers of the generation. Kipling is the only man who he would place in their class and he is not a dramatfst. All Of these men are dramatiSts and Sc much more which distinguishes then, from most of their predecessors Writers were writers and playwrights playwrights but in these. three there is a combination
 "Galsworth had found his place in the literary world before he wrote plays; Barrie had founded a itelay school, and Shaw was one of the strikingly intellectual personalities of the day, although he has been said to be greater as a preface writer than as a dramatiSt
 "These three men are representa- tive of what is now called the United Kingdom" said MT. Archer Gals worthy is of the English, English Barrie is a Scot of the Scots and Shaw is of the Irish, Irish-'
 Barrie is the first Scottish play right of any note although in the 18th century a Scottish minister so faI forgot himself as to write play England, Scotland and Ireland have stamped their character on the plays of these men. Galsworthy born 1T Devonshire represents the fines English of his caste. Barrie think. and speaks in Lowlnad scotch, ano is an exceedingly taciturn man.
 "Galsworthy who has small pat1enc' with the follies of society, has yet re tained all that is gold in his caste His sympathy for the poor is intenst and he is the emb odiment of distlnc tion and fastidiousness. His love fol humanity is the first and last wor< of his genius. He makes a passion ate protest against mans inhumanit. to man and particularly to women He hates that essence of stupidity cruelty.
 At one time he thought of becom ing an Admiralty lawyer. To do tn it was necessary to have some knoWi edge of maritime affairs. He shippea to Australia. On the voyage bacl and gave him some manuscripts yer! timidly. That man was Joseph Con rad, who is Polish by birth, who l said to think in French. and who a master of color and effect in Eng fish. He is unique in the history o letters.
 There is nothing so English a the straightrorwardness of GalswoF thy's talent. There is nothing freak ish about him. His humor is stai and dignified. He has not the sh humor of Barrie nor the roguish
 frontery of Shaw. He is fay
 on but one point, he hates
 any living thing caged. If
 his way there would not be a
 cal Garden in the world.
 Barrie is the Scottish pea
 as much as Galswortfy is
 country Esquire. He has
 his upbrihsing in a tender al
 tiful manAer with a loving p
 is characferistically Scotc
 humble abide in Thrums
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