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Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm, 1852-1917 (Knight, actor and manager)

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Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917), knight; actor manager

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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3 prints of Herbert Beerbohm Tree and actors, 1894 - 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add. 10138/2/2/13
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Comprises a reproduction of a drawing of Herbert Beerbohm Tree by the Marchioness of Granby (signed by Tree), and reproductions of photographs of actors by W & D Dourney and the London Stereoscopic Co.
[Probably a souvenir from a play].

Dates: 1894 - 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The MS Add.10138 Edward Rose papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/. Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Edward Rose: Writings and family correspondence, Add. 10138
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Correspondence from Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, 4 Feb. 1907-12 June 1913 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8990/516-518
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Letters to Owen Seaman, many accepting or declining invitations to a dinner of the Royal Literary Fund in 1912.

Dates: 4 Feb. 1907-12 June 1913 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Herbert Beerbohm-Tree to John Willis Clark, 13 Feb. 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8955/86a
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Sending on Clark's letter to Stephen Phillips

Dates: 13 Feb. 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Souvenir of ‘Trilby’ by Paul M. Potter, produced by Herbert Beerbohm Tree, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, c.30 October 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add. 10138/2/2/2
Scope and Contents

Comprises a green folder with gold lettering containing reproduction prints of photographs of most of the cast of the play, in character: Dorothea Baird, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Edmund Maurice, Lionel Brough, Herbert Ross, Gerald Du Maurier, Rosina Filippi, and H. V. Esmond.
The play was founded on George Du Maurier’s novel, and this is a souvenir of the first showing in London on 30 October 1895.
The images are all taken from photographs by T. C. Turner (Turner and Drinkwater).

Dates: c.30 October 1895
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The MS Add.10138 Edward Rose papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/. Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Edward Rose: Writings and family correspondence, Add. 10138
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Souvenir programme of ‘Julius Caesar’ at Her Majesty’s Theatre, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add. 10138/2/2/4
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Contains sections of text headed ‘On the writing of the play’ (by Ernest Rhys), ‘The tragedy in history on the stage’, ‘Former representations’ and ‘The present production’. Contains illustrations by Herbert Railton, Arthur Jule Goodman, A. L. Bowley and Reginald Savage.
Designed, edited and published for Mr [Herbert Beerbohm] Tree by The West-End Review. Herbert Beerbohm Tree produced ‘Julius Caesar’ and played Mark Antony.
Printed by Harrison and Sons, London.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The MS Add.10138 Edward Rose papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/. Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Edward Rose: Writings and family correspondence, Add. 10138
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‘Twelfth Night Souvenir, Her Majesty’s Theatre’, 20 March 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add. 10138/2/2/9
Scope and Contents Comprises a souvenir programme “presented by Herbert Beerbohm Tree on the occasion of the 50th consecutive performance of “Twelfth Night”, at Her Majesty’s Theatre, March 20th, 1901”, signed by Herbert Beerbohm Tree (the producer).Contains reproductions of oil paintings of characters and scenes in the play by Chas A. Buchel, introductory text by Herbert Beerbohm Tree, a cast list, a history of the play, and music by Andrew Levy.The souvenir was published for Herbert Beerbohm Tree...
Dates: 20 March 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The MS Add.10138 Edward Rose papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/. Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Edward Rose: Writings and family correspondence, Add. 10138
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‘Ulysses Souvenir, Her Majesty’s Theatre’, 1 February 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add. 10138/2/2/10
Scope and Contents

Comprises a souvenir programme of Stephen Phillips “Ulysses” produced at Her Majesty’s Theatre, by Herbert Beerbohm Tree on 1 Feb 1902.
Contains reproductions of oil paintings of characters in the play by Chas A. Buchel, a cast list, and text about “The Story of Ulysses as told by Homer”, “The Scheme of the Play” and “The Character of Ulysses”.
The souvenir was published for Herbert Beerbohm Tree by Carl Hentschel Ltd.

Dates: 1 February 1902
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The MS Add.10138 Edward Rose papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/. Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Edward Rose: Writings and family correspondence, Add. 10138