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Herbert Beerbohm Tree: No Importance
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As an actor, Tree was noted for his versatility. He made his name first as a character actor able to adopt widely varying styles; he continued, with liberal use of makeup, to take on a great variety of roles. He was especially noted for his attention to gesture and demeanor. Indeed, criticism of Tree often focused on what was perceived as an excessively external, superficial approach to character. Tree was tall and thin, but his voice was thin, and he was sometimes criticized for struggling to project his voice in a manner that made his performance seem unnatural. He was perhaps most famous for roles as eccentrics such as Malvolio; in the great tragic roles he was largely overshadowed by older actors such as Henry Irving.
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As an actor Tree was at his best concealed in makeup - he had one of those nondescript faces without dominating features that take makeup well and was never happier than when he was smothered in crepe hair and Leichner greasepaint. It was metamorphosis rather than acting and so thrilling that as one observer wrote:
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Not everyone agreed - notably, those actors struggling around the touring circuits on that pittance, who saw such work as they had being snatched from them by upstarts who could afford Tree's fees. Some managers had doubts too. Others thought only a philanthropic millionaire could create such a school.
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