Beerbohm Tree: His Life and Laughter - Softcover

Beerbohm Tree: his life and laughter. Foreword by Sir John Gielgud. (The Lively Arts)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Wrappers. Spine faded and slightly creased. New edition (biography of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree first published by Methuen, 1956), from the library of the author's literary executor, Sir Michael Holroyd; on p. 130 Holroyd's marginal marks and underlining, against the author's depiction of a scene in Tree's The Merry Wives of Windsor in 1902, "perhaps the most joyous and riotous thing of its kind ever seen on the stage". "I never saw Herbert Tree," writes Gielgud, "either on or off the stage, but I find him most vividly brought to life in this fascinating biography . . . The death of Queen Victoria, ushering in the rakish years of the new king's reign, seems to have led to a surprisingly permissive fashion for discreet adultery, especially among the actor-managers in the West End. Tree was evidently the leader in this field (though he was certainly matched by Gordon Craig in fathering a numerous brood of illegitimate offspring).". Artikel-Nr. HK100184

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