Constance Beerbohm was the oldest daughter of Julius Ewald Edward Beerbohm (1811–1892),^[1] of Dutch, Lithuanian, and German origin, who had come to England in about 1830 and set up as a prosperous corn merchant.^[1] He married an Englishwoman, Constantia Draper, and the couple had four children. Constance Beerbohm's brother was the renowned actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree; another brother was the engineer, author and explorer Julius Beerbohm. A younger half-brother was the caricaturist and parodist Max Beerbohm.^[1]

As a writer Beerbohm contributed articles to Strand Magazine,^[2][3] The Woman at Home,^[4] and Cassell's Magazine^[5] among others. Her book, 'A Little Book of Plays for Professional and Amateur Actors', was published in 1897. A member of the famous Beerbohm family of actors and writers, she corresponded with many of the eminent men of her day, including Clement Scott^[6] and William Rothenstein.^[7] She also acted as housekeeper for Eliza Beerbohm, her aunt and her father's second wife, helping to bring up her five younger half-siblings, including Max Beerbohm.

[edit] Publications

• Beerbohm, Constance 'A Little Book of Plays for Professional and Amateur Actors' George Newnes (London) (1897)

[edit] See also

• Beerbohm family

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Beerbohm in The Mary Lago Collection in Special Collections and Rare Books of the University of Missouri
• Beerbohm in The Strand Magazine No. 25 (January 1893)
• Beerbohm in the Clement William Scott Papers - University of Rochester
• Beerbohm's A Little Surprise on Project Gutenberg
• Beerbohm's Letters to Sir William Rothenstein Harvard University Library

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