Legacy and Cultural References
In his introduction to the Oxford University Press edition of Browning's poems 1833-1864 Ian Jack comments that Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot "all learned from Browning's exploration of the exploration of the possibilities of dramatic poetry and of colloquial idiom".
In 1930 the story of Browning and his wife Elizabeth was made into a play The Barretts of Wimpole Street, by Rudolph Besier. The play was a success and brought popular fame to the couple in the United States. The role of Elizabeth became a signature role for the actress Katharine Cornell. It was twice adapted into film. It was also the basis of the stage musical Robert and Elizabeth, with music by Ron Grainer and book and lyrics by Ronald Millar.
The basis of Terence Rattigan's 1948 play is a pupil making a parting present to his teacher of an inscribed copy of what is referred to as The Browning Version (Robert Browning's translation of The Agamemnon of Aeschylus).
Stephen King's The Dark Tower was chiefly inspired by the poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by Robert Browning, whose full text was included in the final volume's appendix.
A memorial plaque on the site of his London home, Warwick Crescent, was unveiled on 11 December 1993.
Browning Close in Royston, Hertfordshire, is named after Robert Browning.
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