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
“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.
Beerbohm Tree (1956)
“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).
“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?”
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"To a man who was staggering in the street under the weight of a grandfather clock".
Beerbohm Tree (1956)
“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.
