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Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Sir
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
(
1853
-
1917
) was an
English
actor
-manager. Born in
London
, he was the half-brother of
Max Beerbohm
. Educated in
Germany
, he went on the stage on his return to
England
and by
1887
he was running the
Haymarket Theatre[?]
in the
West End
of London. Ten years later, he was responsible for the construction of
His Majesty's Theatre[?]
, also in the West End. He played many of the leading roles in his own elaborate productions, which included the premiere of
George Bernard Shaw
's
Pygmalion
, in
1914
.
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