Harry Burnett

[1] In 1923 Harry Burnett, his cousin Forman Brown, and this latter partner, Richard Brandon, formed a group of puppeteers while attending University of Michigan.

[2] An early work included a production of Bluebeard designed by Norman Bel Geddes.

[2] Elsa Lanchester regularly performed at the Turnabout Theatre singing Forman Brown's adult themed songs.

In 1933, Forman Brown wrote Better Angel, under the pseudonym Richard Meeker, about a young man coming to terms with his homosexuality.

"[4] When it was reprinted in 1995, thinking that the author was no longer alive, Brown stepped forward and acknowledged the novel was heavily autobiographic: that the main character, Kurt, was indeed Forman Brown; that one of the main character's love interests, Derry, was Brown's cousin, Harry Burnett; that Kurt's main love interest, David, was Richard Brandon; and that another of Kurt's lovers, Tony, was actor Alexander Kirkland.