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Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (17 December 1852 – 2 July 1917) was an English actor and theatre manager. Tree began performing in the 1870s. By 1887, he was managing the Haymarket Theatre in the West End , winning praise for adventurous programming and lavish productions, and starring in many of its productions.
Apr 11, 2024 · Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (born Dec. 17, 1853, London, Eng.—died July 2, 1917, London, Eng.) was one of the great figures of the English theatre, who became the most successful actor-manager of his time. His half brother, Max Beerbohm, received recognition as a writer and caricaturist.
Herbert Beerbohm Tree was born on 17 December 1852 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for King John (1899), Henry VIII (1911) and The Tempest (1905). He was married to Lady Tree. He died on 2 July 1917 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (17 December 1852 – 2 July 1917) was an English actor and theatre manager. Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Tree began performing in the 1870s. By 1887, he was managing the Haymarket Theatre in the West End, winning praise for adventurous programming and lavish productions, and starring in many of its productions.
Working in the tradition of pictorial realism which dominated the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century theater, Tree brought this scenographic method to its apogee, staging the most spectacular Shakespearian revivals in British stage history.
The most successful actor-manager of his time, the Englishman Herbert Beerbohm Tree won fame for his elaborate productions of Shakespeare’s plays. Above all, however, he was a romantic actor with a genius for character parts and comedy.
The actor–manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree achieved acclaim in the late 19th century with his productions at the Haymarket Theatre and Her Majesty’s Theatre. He started managing both theatres while living at 31 Gardens in South Kensington from 1886–8.
