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- Died
- Birth namePhilip Barling Greet
- Ben Greet was born on September 25, 1857 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Victory and Peace (1918). He died on May 17, 1936 in London, England, UK.
- Born on a recruiting ship on the River Thames.
- Before his first stage appearance in November, 1879, he was a schoolmaster.
- Sir Ben Greet and the Ben Greet players toured the United States performing Shakespeare.
- Knighted in the 1929 King's Birthday Honours List for his services to the stage.
- In his four seasons at the Old Vic, Greet produced and directed 35 plays, including 23 by Shakespeare, plus Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, Sheridan's The Rivals and The School for Scandal, the Medieval mystery play The Star of Bethlehem, and Everyman among other works. When Greet was still a director at the Old Vic, he also focused on changing the perspectives of children on their views of Shakespeare. During Greet's years working at the Old Vic, there were over 400 schools that worked in connection with the theatre.
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