Arthur Benham
English playwright
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Arthur Benham (c. 1872 – 8 September 1895) was an English playwright.
Born1871 or 1872
Died (aged 23)
Brighton, England
Arthur Benham | |
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| Born | 1871 or 1872 |
| Died | (aged 23) Brighton, England |
He was born into a Jewish family, the son of Henry Benham. His sister was the actress Estelle Burney, who collaborated in his plays,[1] and another sibling, Charles Benham, wrote the novel The Fourth Napoleon (1897).[2]
Benham was a dramatist of considerable promise, and was the author of The County and The Awakening—the latter produced for a short run at the Garrick Theatre,[3] and the former at Terry's Theatre.[4] He was also a member of the Maccabæans.[2]
He died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-three,[5] leaving behind several unfinished works.[6]
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