The Bensonian Players
Surname 'D'

Frances Dillon ( - )
Appeared in Hamlet.
Frances Dillon appeared in "Man and Superman" in 1905,
(very probably not a Bensonian production and non Shakespearean),
and in "The Adventures of the Count De Monte Cristo",
at the Prince's Theatre in 1912, as Mercedes,
(I don't think this sound like a Bensonian production).

Donat, Friedrich Robert (1905 - 1958)
Robert Donat started his acting career at the age of 16 years, in 1924 he joined the Bensonians
for a four year period, in 1928 he was on stage at the Liverpool Playhouse for a year,
next in 1929 he appeared at the Festival Theatre in Cambridge,
he also married Ella Annesley Voysey in this year,
in the 1930's he started his film career as well as appearing on stage,
in 1953 he married Renée Asherson, he continued to work for the rest of his life.

Drew, John (1853 - 1927)
John Drew started his stage career in 1875.









last updated 2 November 2003