Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Count D'Orsay

Drawing by J.H. Pizer of Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Count D'Orsay in Clyde Fitch's play The Last of the Dandies, Her Majesty's Theatre, 1901.

Actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) opened Her Majesty's Theatre in London's Haymarket in 1897, and his spectacular productions there became famous for their detailed and realistic settings. Famous for his Shakespearean roles, Tree also appeared in contemporary works, some more successful than others. The Last of the Dandies, based on the life of a real historic figure, Count Albert Guillaume d'Orsay, was considered 'sketchy' and 'picturesque, but dull' by reviewers. This drawing, dated 1904, was based on a drawing by Charles Buchel which was used on the programme cover.