See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• BENSON, EDWARD WHITE (182g—1896)
• FRANCIS ROBERT BENSON (1858— )
• BENSON, FRANK WESTON (1862— )
• BENSON, GEORGE (1699–1762)

BENSON (1858— )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actor, son of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• BENSON, EDWARD WHITE (182g—1896)
• BENSON, FRANCIS ROBERT (1858— )
• BENSON, FRANK WESTON (1862— )
• BENSON, GEORGE (1699–1762)

Benson of Alresford,.Hants, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Tunbridge See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells on the 4th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1858 . He came of a talented See also:

• FAMILY

family, his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, W . A . S . Benson (b . 1854), becoming well known in the See also:

• WORLD

world of See also:

• ART

art as one of the pioneers in the revival of English See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial craftsmanship, especially in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of the metallic arts; and his younger brother, See also:

• GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY (1621-1678)

Godfrey Benson, being an active Liberal politician . He was educated at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester and New See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and at the university was distinguished both as an See also:

• ATHLETE (Gr. aOX177'7r; Lat. athleta)

athlete (winning the Inter-university three See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles) and as an See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur actor . In the latter respect he was notable for producing at Oxford the first performance of a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• PLAY

play, the See also:

• AGAMEMNON

Agamemnon, in which many Oxford men who afterwards became famous in other See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields took See also:

• PART

part . Mr Benson, on leaving Oxford, took to the professional See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage, and made his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance at the See also:

• LYCEUM

Lyceum, under See also:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

Irving, in Romeo and Juliet, as See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, in 1882 . In the next See also:

• YEAR

year he went into manager. See also:

• SHIP

ship with a See also:

• COMPANY

company of his own, taken over from See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• BENTLEY, RICHARD (1662-1742)
• BENTLEY, RICHARD (1794-1871)

Bentley, and from this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he became gradually more and more prominent, both as an actor of leading parts himself and as the organizer of practically the only See also:

• MODERN

modern " stock company " touring through the provinces . In 1886 he married Gertrude See also:

• CONSTANCE
• CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)
• CONSTANCE, COUNCIL OF
• CONSTANCE, LAKE OF (called by the Romans Lacus Brigantinus or lake of Bregenz, and now usually named in German Bodensee, as well as the " Swabian Sea ")

Constance See also:

• COCKBURN, ALICIA, or ALISON (1713-1994)
• COCKBURN, HENRY THOMAS (1779–1854)
• COCKBURN, SIR ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND
• COCKBURN, SIR GEORGE

Cockburn (Featherstonhaugh), who acted in his company and continued to play leading parts with him . Mr Benson's See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief successes were gained out of See also:

• LONDON

London for some years, but in 1890 he had a See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season in London at the Globe and in 1900 at the Lyceum, and in later years he was seen with his repertoire at the Coronet .

His company included from time to time many actors and actresses who, having been trained under him, became prominent on their own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, and both by his organization of this See also:

• REGULAR

regular company and by his See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a dramatic school of acting in Igor, Mr Benson exercised a most important See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on the contemporary stage . From the first he devoted himself largely to the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's plays, reviving many which had not been acted for generations, and his services to the cause of Shakespeare can hardly be overestimated . From 1888 onwards he managed the See also:

• STRATFORD
• STRATFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1348)

Stratford-on-See also:

• AVON

Avon Shakespearian Festival . His romantic and intellectual See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers as an actor, combined with his athletic and picturesque bearing and See also:

• FINE

fine elocution, were conspicuously shown in his own impersonations, most remarkable among which were his See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet (in 1900 he produced this play without cuts in London), his See also:

• CORIOLANUS, GAIUS (or GNAEUS)14IARCIUS

Coriolanus, his See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II., his See also:

• LEAR, EDWARD (1812-1888)

Lear and his Petruchio .