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Sir Francis Robert Benson (4 November 1858 – 31 December 1939) was an English actor-manager. He founded his own company in 1883 and produced all but two of Shakespeare's plays.
Sir Frank Benson (born Nov. 4, 1858, Alresford, Hampshire, Eng.—died Dec. 31, 1939, London) was a British actor-manager whose touring company and acting school were important influences on contemporary theatre.
Sir Francis Robert Benson (4 November 1858 – 31 December 1939) was an English actor-manager. He founded his own company in 1883 and produced all but two of Shakespeare's plays.
Sep 28, 2012 · Frank Benson had founded his acting Company in 1883. His immediate inspiration was the German Saxe-Meiningen Company, but he was also following in the footsteps of Shakespeare himself. He led the festivals in Stratford-upon-Avon almost continuously from 1886 to the First World War.
Benson founded an acting school in 1901, and was knighted in 1916 in Drury Lane Theatre—the first actor to earn such an honor since David Garrick in the eighteenth Century (Buckley). Here are a few audio and video clips featuring Sir Frank Benson.
Sir Frank Benson. attempt to perform the Agamemnon of Aeschylus in the original Greek also taking for himself the part of Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon. Praise was generous and success was complete : invitations followed for appearances at Winchester, Eton, Harrow and London (St. George's Hall).
LONDON, Dec. 31--Sir Frank Benson, actor-manager, father of one of the most famous theatrical companies in Great Britain and creator of a great Shakespearean tradition, died today. He was 81...
