Lena Benson

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Lena Benson ()[] was an actress.

Biography

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She played "Minnie" in the Searelle Comedy Company's production of Sweet Lavender (), which toured the major South African cities in 1896.

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 404

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