See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• HERBERT (FAMILY)
• HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633)
• HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM
• HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (1606-1682)

HERBERT BEERBOHM See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE (1853- )

TREE (1853- )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actor and manager, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London, on the 17th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 18J3, the son of See also:

• JULIUS

Julius Beerbohm, a London See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German parentage; his See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Max Beerbohm (b . 1872), became well known as a dramatic critic, a See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous writer and caricaturist . Taking the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage name of Beerbohm See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

Tree he made his first professional See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in London in 1876 . After some years of varied experience he made a striking success in 1884 as the See also:

• CURATE (from the Lat. curare, to take care of)

curate in The Private Secretary, but he was making himself well known meanwhile in dramatic circles as an admirable actor in many roles . In See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1887 he became lessee and manager of the Haymarket See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, London, where his representations of melodramatic " See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character " parts, as in Jim the Penman, The Red See also:

• LAMP (from Gr. Xag ras, a torch, Xaµaav, to shine)

Lamp, and A See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man's See also:

• SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

Shadow, were highly successful . His varied talents as an actor were displayed, however, not only in a number of See also:

• MODERN

modern dramas, such as H . A . See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones's Dancing Girl, but also in romantic parts such as See also:

• GRINGOIRE (or GRINGORE), PIERRE (c. 148o-1539)

Gringoire, and in the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of so essentially a See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• PLAY

play as See also:

• HENLEY, JOHN (1692-1759)
• HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST (1849-1903)

Henley's Beau See also:

• AUSTIN
• AUSTIN, ALFRED
• AUSTIN, JOHN (179o-1859)
• AUSTIN, SARAH (1793-1867)
• AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER (1793-1836)

Austin; and in classic parts his ability as a comedian was shown in The Merry Wives of See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor, in which he played Falstaff, and as a tragedian in See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet; his presentations of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare were notable too as carrying forward the methods of realistic staging inaugurated at the See also:

• LYCEUM

Lyceum under See also:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

Irving . In 1897 Mr Tree moved to the new Her See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's (afterwards His Majesty's) theatre, opening with See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker's Seats of the Mighty; but his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief successes were in See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen See also:

• PHILLIPS
• PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE (1833-1882)
• PHILLIPS, EDWARD (163o-1696)
• PHILLIPS, JOHN (1800—1874)
• PHILLIPS, SAMUEL (1814—1854)
• PHILLIPS, STEPHEN (1868– )
• PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1770-1845)
• PHILLIPS, WENDELL (1811-1884)

Phillips's poetical dramas, and in his splendid revivals of Shakespeare (especially See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II. and the Merchant of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice) . The magnificence of the mounting, the originality and See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research shown in the " business " of his productions, and his own versatility in so many different types of character, made his management memorable in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the London stage; and on the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Irving he was generally recognized as the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in his profession . His wife (Maud See also:

• HOLT, SIR JOHN (1642–1710)

Holt), an accomplished actress, and their daughter See also:

• VIOLA [Fr. viole, Ger. Bratsche, Ital. viola, alto]

Viola, were also prominently associated with him . In 1907 he took his See also:

• COMPANY

company to See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin at the invitation of the German See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, and gave a selection from his repertoire with See also:

• GREAT

great success .

In the same See also:

• YEAR

year he established a school of dramatic See also:

• ART

art, for the training of actors, in London; and in this and other ways he was prominent in forwarding the interests of the stage . He was knighted in 1909 .