Bourchier and Vanbrugh appeared in command performances before King Edward VII in November 1902 in "Dr Johnson" at Sandringham with Henry Irving's company, and in November 1905 in "The Merchant of Venice" at Windsor. They toured in 1908 in "John Glayde's Honour". In 1910, Bourchier joined Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majesty's Theatre and appeared in Shakespearian roles including Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Brutus in "Julius Caesar", Sir Toby Belch in "Twelfth Night" and Ford to Tree's Falstaff in "The Merry Wives of Windsor". He had a notable success as the title character in "Henry VIII" with Tree as Wolsey and Vanbrugh as Queen Katherine, followed by Tree's silent film of a shortened version of the play in February 1911. In 1913, Bourchier and Vanbrugh produced their own movie in Germany of scenes from "Macbeth".