Herbert
Beerbohm Tree was born in London in 1853.
After early success as an actor he took over the Haymarket Theatre
in 1887. After the box-office success of Trilby he built His
Majesty's Theatre. A great character actor he played Falstaff, Fagin,
Shylock and Micawber. In 1895 he put on the first production of A
Woman of No Importance, a new play written by Oscar
Wilde. Beerbohm Tree also helped the career of George
Bernard Shaw, by producing Pygmalion in 1914. Herbert Beerbohm
Tree died in 1917.
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