Frank Robert Benson
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(Sir) (1858-1939). English actor-manager Member of the OUDC at Oxford, he went on to become a noted Shakeseparean actor. His first professional role was in Romeo and Juliet at the Lyceum in 1882. In 1883 he founded his own company, playing his first London season in 1889. In 1921 he and his company toured South Africa under the auspices of African National Theatres (?*), doing a series of Shakespeare plays/scenes from Shakespeare?*, namely ***.
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