biography
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Benson, Sir Frank (Robert)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1858–1939)
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| biography:
| Actor-manager, born in Alresford, Hampshire, S England, UK. He first appeared in Henry Irving's production of Romeo and Juliet in 1882 at the Lyceum, and was knighted by King George V on the stage of Drury Lane during a Shakespeare tercentenary matinee (1916). The company he formed was the forerunner of the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
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