Trevor Bentham | |
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Born | UK | 11 October 1943
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, stage manager |
Partner(s) | Sir
Nigel Hawthorne (1979–2001; his death) |
Trevor Bentham (born 11 October 1943) is a British former stage manager and screenwriter ( A Month by the Lake [1] and The Clandestine Marriage [2]).
For 22 years, he was the partner of British actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne. [3] They met in 1968 when Bentham was stage-managing the Royal Court Theatre. [4]
From 1979 until Hawthorne's death in 2001, they lived together in Radwell near Baldock and latterly at Thundridge, both in Hertfordshire, England. [5] The two were fundraisers for Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, Herts hospice and other local charities. [6]
Bentham was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in 1997. [5]