Arthur Benham (
c. 1872 – 8 September 1895) was an
English playwright.
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]
References
^"Small Talk". The Sketch. 18 (228): 259. 9 June 1897.
^Eglington, Charles, ed. (1 July 1892).
"Our Play-Box". The Theatre: A Monthly Review of the Drama, Music, and the Fine Arts. 20. London: Eglington & Co.: 30.