Educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford, Beerbohm began writing while still at school. He contributed to The Yellow Book (1894) and, after graduating, toured the USA acting as an agent for his actor/producer half-brother Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. In 1896, he published his first major work, The Works of Max Beerbohm which was well-received. He became acquainted with, and greatly influenced by, Oscar Wilde. Beerbohm also possessed artistic skills and was an accomplished caracaturist. Succeeding George Bernard Shaw (who had dubbed him the "incomparable Max") as dramatic critic for the Saturday Review in 1898, he continued in that position until his marriage to the actress Florence Kahn in 1910. They moved to Italy where he remained until the onset of World War II. His only novel, Zuleika Dobson, appeared in 1911.Beerbohm was a witty critic, parodist and both charming and elegant. He was knighted in 1939. His other well-known works include A Christmas Garland (1912), Seven Men (1919), And Even Now (1920) and Mainly On The Air (1947). He also published numerous volumes of caricatures including The Poet's Corner (1904) and Rosetti and His Circle (1922). |
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