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Encyclopedia > Ben Iden Payne

Ben Iden Payne (September 5, 1881 _ April 6, 1976) was an English actor, director and teacher. He was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, and raised educated in Manchester. He started his career as a walk_on actor in 1899. He served as director of the Abbey Theatre for a short time in 1907 and then returned to Manchester to work with Annie Elizabeth Fredericka Horniman. In 1913, he moved to the United States. Apart from the period 1935 to 1942, he spent the rest of his life in the States, working in the theatre and teaching at various colleges including the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and University of Texas.


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Handbook of Texas Online: PAYNE, BEN IDEN (944 words)
Ben Iden Payne, actor, director, and teacher, was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, on September 5, 1881, the son of Alfred and Sarah Payne.
Payne was educated at a private preparatory school and later at Manchester Grammar School.
Payne is credited with pioneering the repertory theater movement in Britain and later in the United States.
Dr. B. Iden Payne (1352 words)
THE B. The B. Iden Payne Awards — named for the renowned British theater director and teacher who concluded his career at the University of Texas at Austin — are awarded annually to recognize outstanding contributions to the Austin theater community.
Ben Iden Payne, internationally known Shakespearean actor and director, professor emeritus of drama at the University of Texas at his death, was born September 5, 1881, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
Iden Payne was dedicated to achieving the highest quality of performance in all aspects of theatre and was revered by a legion of colleagues and friends.
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