J. W. Benson – UK Provincial Theatre Actor in the Victorian Era Diana Adamson Biographies J. W. Benson was a Shakespearean actor in UK provincial theatres in the mid-1800s. Our Australian family knew very little about this man; through research many details have unfolded. Was his life, both on and off the stage, most unconventional for...
Clementine Montagu Diana Biographies Come, sit here a while, and allow me to introduce you to my great-great-grandmother, Clementine. She was born into a Quaker family in 1830, then led a somewhat unconventional life for a woman of that era. Her marriage to an actor didn’t last, and ...
Herbert William Payne WWI Veteran Diana Biographies Herbert Payne served in the Australian Army in WWI. He was fortunate to return home, but he was no longer the same young man who had volunteered so willingly.