Ben Iden Payne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ben Iden Payne

British actor

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1881

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1976

Profession: actor, teacher, stage actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ben Iden Payne (September 5, 1881 – April 6, 1976), also known as B.
Iden Payne, was an English actor, director and teacher.
Active in professional theater for seventy years, he helped the first modern Repertory Theatre in the United Kingdom, was an early and effective advocate for Elizabethan staging of Shakespeare plays, and served as an inspiration for Shakespeare Companies and University theater programs throughout North America and the British Isles.
His name lives on as the name of a theater at the University of Texas as well as annual theater awards presented in Austin, Texas.