BENSON (Sir Frank Robert, 1858-1939, Actor-Manager)

Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Aberdeen, 1 side 8vo., His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, no date, c.

Sir Frank founded a repertory company to produce Shakespeare, and was responsible for 26 annual Shakespeare festivals at Stratford-upon-Avon. He was the only actor ever to have been knighted in a theatre, by George V at the Shakespeare Tercentenary at Drury Lane, when a sword was hurriedly procured for the royal box from a military outfitter's nearby.

Item Date:  1900

Stock No:  12180      £15

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