What came before Stanislavsky? In the late 19th century, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an actor, director and theater owner in London. He was the original Henry Higgins in Pygmalion directed by Shaw himself. Tree founded the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA.) Today he is forgotten. Tree’s theatre of excess demanded something new and different and true.

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