Excerpt from Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Some Memories of Him and of His Art
Formal and elaborate biographies Of actors are apt to be not the most inspiring kind Of literature._ When Herbert Tree died, it seemed to those who knew him best that Of such a biography he would not have cared to be the subject. There was, however, a clear need that one who had so distinguished himself in his art, and had been in himself so interesting a Character and so unusual a figure, Should not go unrecorded. Off the stage, as on it, he was a man of much variety. He was many-sided, impressing different people in very different ways. And it has seemed that perhaps the best, perhaps indeed the only adequate book about him might be such a book as this is, comprising the views of some different people who had good opportunities for Observing him.
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| ISBN: | 9781331698838 |
| Publication date: | 28th July 2018 |
| Author: | Max Beerbohm |
| Publisher: | Forgotten Books an imprint of Fb&c Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 380 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: general |
Excerpt from Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Some Memories of Him and of His Art
Formal and elaborate biographies Of actors are apt to be not the most inspiring kind Of literature._ When Herbert Tree died, it seemed to those who knew him best that Of such a biography he would not have cared to be the subject. There was, however, a clear need that one who had so distinguished himself in his art, and had been in himself so interesting a Character and so unusual a figure, Should not go unrecorded. Off the stage, as on it, he was a man of much variety. He was many-sided, impressing different people in very different ways. And it has seemed that perhaps the best, perhaps indeed the only adequate book about him might be such a book as this is, comprising the views of some different people who had good opportunities for Observing him.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Herbert Beerbohm Tree features in the following genres: Biography: general
Herbert Beerbohm Tree is available in Paperback
Herbert Beerbohm Tree was written by Max Beerbohm and published by Forgotten Books an imprint of Fb&c Ltd
Herbert Beerbohm Tree has 380 pages