| Biography | Vera Beringer was a British actress and writer. As a child she became well-known for playing Little Lord Fauntleroy on the London stage. Later she was a playwright, sometimes using the byline Henry Seton.
Beringer became internationally famous in childhood for originating the role of Little Lord Fauntleroy on the London stage in 1888. She was coached in stagecraft by Madge Kendal. As a teen, she played Juliet to her sister's Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet. Other stage appearances included roles in The Pillars of Society (1889), The Prince and the Pauper (1890), That Girl (1890), On a Doorstep (1890), Holly Tree Inn (1891), Richelieu (1896), Our Boys (1896), The Pilgrim's Progress (1896), My Lady's Orchard (1897), A Warm Member (1898),] Shadows on the Blind (1898), Alone in London (1900), The Broken Melody (1902), Warp and Woof (1904), Fanny and the Servant Problem (1908), The Whip (1910), The Odd Woman (1912), The Vision of Delight (1912), The Absent-Minded Husband (1913), The Morning Post (1913), and The Man from Blankley's (1930). During World War I, she and her sister entertained American and British troops in London. She played Gertrude to her sister's Hamlet in 1938, and the sisters gave further Shakespeare performances during World War II.
Beringer wrote at least nineteen plays, often under the pen name "Henry Seton",] including The Boys (1908), False Dawn (1910, with Morley Roberts), Pierrot's Little Joke (1912), Three Common People (1912), A Penny Bunch (1912-1913), The Blue-Stocking (1913), Set a Thief (1915), Lucky Jim (1915), Daring (1917), A Pair (1917), The Honourable Gertrude (1918), Biffy (1920), Beltane Night (1923), The Painted Lady (1924), Alice and Thomas and Jane (1932), House Full (1933), and It Might Happen to You (1937). Her play Another Man's Life was adapted for television in 1957. |