Maud Beerbohm Tree: Lady of the Stage

Much has been written about Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his grandiose Shakespearean productions, but his equally flamboyant wife Maud, Lady Tree, has received less attention. Born in 1858, she was a working actress through a wide stretch of the history of British theatre, and a celebrity in her own right. Her first stage role was in 1883, she had starring roles in the silent films of the 1910s, and her final movie was released in 1936. Counting members of the aristocracy, politicians, artists and playwrights among her vast network of friends, Maud was also a manager, a director, a mother, a long-suffering wife, a charity worker, a radio broadcaster, and a political campaigner. Subservient to no-one, she nevertheless spoke out passionately against votes for women. Against the glittering backdrop of Her Majesty’s Theatre, with its back-stabbing leading ladies and posturing actors, Maud emerges as a woman of consequence on a much wider stage.

Susana Cory-Wright has a PhD from de Montfort University and has written on Edwardian theatre.

Reviews:

‘This is a beautifully presented work, with an attractive cover and illustrations... There is much emphasis upon the personal life and career of Maud, but the book is also good on the sociopolitical changes taking place in the theatre at this time, and on the role of women in society.’ — unsigned notice, The Year's Work in English Studies 98.1, 2019, 657-58

Contents:

ix-ix	Acknowledgements S.C-W doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.3	Cite
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x-x	List of Illustrations Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.4	Cite
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xi-xi	Notes On References Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.5	Cite
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xii-xiv	Introduction Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.6	Cite
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1-9	Chapter 1 Miss Hellen Maud Holt 1858–71 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.7	Cite
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10-19	Chapter 2 Miss Hellen Maud 1871–81 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.8	Cite
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20-27	Chapter 3 Mrs Beerbohm Tree 1882–87 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.9	Cite
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28-36	Chapter 4 Trees in Good Voice: the Red Lamp, 1887–90 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.10	Cite
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37-50	Chapter 5 Mrs Beerbohm Tree 1892 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.11	Cite
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51-62	Chapter 6 Mrs Tree, Sardou, Her Majesty’s Theatre, and Ibsen 1895-96 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.12	Cite
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63-66	Chapter 7 ‘That Brutus May Be A Little Missed’ 1898 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.13	Cite
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67-78	Chapter 8 Philanthropy and ‘the Absent-Minded Beggar’ 1899 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.14	Cite
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79-88	Chapter 9 Midsummer Revels 1900 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.15	Cite
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89-99	Chapter 10 Caesar’s Wife: Becoming A Wo-Manager 1901 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.16	Cite
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100-110	Chapter 11 Agrippina 1906 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.17	Cite
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111-116	Chapter 12 Paulina and A Fateful Winter’s Tale 1906 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.18	Cite
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117-131	Chapter 13 ‘Stand and Deliver’: Being Lady Tree 1907–13 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.19	Cite
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132-141	Chapter 14 Sir Herbert and Lady Tree 1914–16 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.20	Cite
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142-152	Chapter 15 Still Waters 1916 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.21	Cite
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153-159	Chapter 16 Herbert and I… 1917–20 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.22	Cite
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160-170	Chapter 17 Maud Helen Louise, Lady Tree Obe 1920–29 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.23	Cite
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171-178	Chapter 18 the Man Who Could Work Miracles 1931–37 Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.24	Cite
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179-184	Appendix: List of Theatre Roles Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.25	Cite
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185-189	Bibliography Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.26	Cite
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190-198	Index Susana Cory-Wright doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkxsf.27	Cite
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