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BENSLEY, ROBERT

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 744 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BEC-BER
BENSLEY, ROBERT , an 18th-century English actor, of whom Charles Lamb in the Essays of Elia speaks with
special
  praise. His early life is obscure, and he is said to have served in America as a
lieutenant
  of
marines
 ; but he appeared at Drury Lane in 1765, and at that
house
  and at Covent
Garden
 , and later at the Haymarket, he played important parts up to 1796, when he retired from the stage. He appears then to have been given a small post under the government, a paymastership, which he resigned in 1798. He is stated in various quarters to have died in 1817, but Mr Joseph Knight shows in his article in the Dict. Nat. Biog. that this is due to a confusion with another man named William Bensley, who possibly belonged to the family of printers of whom
Thomas
  Bensley (d. 1833) was the
chief
  representative. On the stage he was simply " Mr Bensley," but though he is named William and even Richard in some accounts, Mr Knight shows that his name was certainly Robert. The actual date of his death is unknown, though it was probably later than 18og, when he is said to have inherited a fortune. His
great
  character was Malvolio, but Charles Lamb's fervent admiration of his acting seems to have outrun the general
opinion
 .


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