Sir Herbert Draper Beerbohm Tree war ein englischer Theaterleiter sowie Bühnen- und Filmschauspieler. Er galt zu Lebzeiten als eine der bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten des britischen Theaters und rief unter anderem die Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ins Leben. Wikipedia
“A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.”
Quoted by Max Beerbohm in Hebert Beerbohm Tree: Some Memories of Him and of His Art Collected by Max Beerbohm http://books.google.com/books?id=wM08AAAAIAAJ&q="A+man+never+knows+what+a+fool+he+is+until+he+hears+himself+imitated+by+one"&pg=PA312#v=onepage (1920).
“Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want.”
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His reply to a gramophone company who had asked for a testimonial.
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“Every man is a potential genius until he does something.”
Page 110.
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“It depends on each and every one of me.”
Page 192.
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“Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.”
Remembered by Alexander Woollcott in his Shouts and Murmurs (1922) p. 87.
To actresses playing the ladies-in-waiting in a production of Henry VIII, "peering at them plaintively through his monocle".
“My poor fellow, why not carry a watch?”
Page 110.
"To a man who was staggering in the street under the weight of a grandfather clock".
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“People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.”
"The Importance of Humour in Tragedy: Presidential Address Delivered at the Birmingham Midland Institute, 1915", Nothing Matters, and Other Stories (1917) p. 207.
