Claire Benedict
Born (1951-07-28) 28 July 1951
Antigua
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1978–present

Claire Benedict (born 28 July 1951) is a British actress known for her work in classical productions on the British stage, but best known for portraying the principal character Mma Ramotswe in the continuing radio adaptations of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. She won a Time Out Award for Best Performance for her portrayal of Sophia Adams in Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, directed by Maya Angelou.[1] She lives in Todmorden in the Pennines.[2]

Early life

Benedict was born in Antigua and began to act at Norwood Secondary School for Girls, then Kingsway Further Education College on Gray's Inn Road, London. After two years at Kingway College, she gained entrance to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). After leaving LAMDA, Benedict worked with Theatre in Education (TIE) in London then trained with the Black Theatre Workshop of Montréal.[3]

Career

In her first ten years after completing her training, Benedict worked on the British stage in leading roles for smaller theatre companies and supporting roles for larger theatre companies until in 1988, when she received a Time Out award for Best Performance for her portrayal of Sophia Adams in Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, directed by Maya Angelou.[1]

In 1992, Benedict joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) to do three plays, Odyssey, Cleopatra and Tamburlaine. On Cleopatra, Benedict was taken on as an understudy for Clare Higgins when not many people of colour were playing the character of Cleopatra. In November 1992, Benedict was needed to step in at short notice and had not had time to fully rehearse the role. Carol Chillington-Rutter's book Enter the Body explores this subject with reference to Benedict's performance, where she explores why women of colour have traditionally been cast as Charmain and white women Cleopatra.[4]

By 1994, The Independent included Benedict in a shortlist of "seasoned thoroughbred Shakespearians, gutsy actors who are assured verse speakers".[5] She is now an associate artist at the RSC.[6]

Benedict has for many years worked in radio drama, where she is known for portraying the principal character Mma Ramotswe in the radio adaptations of Alexander McCall Smith's The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels. On television, she played a series regular in Call Red, and numerous supporting roles.

Benedict has played the part of Iyaloja in four separate productions of Wole Soyinka's play Death and the King's Horseman: Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester directed by Phyllida Lloyd in 1990; Royal National Theatre directed by Rufus Norris in 2009; and two productions for BBC Radio 3 directed by Alby James in 1995 and directed by Pauline Harris in 2014.

Benedict has worked with Lenny Henry on many occasions: supporting roles in his television series; playing his character's father's girlfriend then wife in all four series of Rudy's Rare Records on BBC Radio 4; playing the lead role in the first radio play he wrote Corrinne Come Back and Gone; and in two of the series of Bad Faith radio plays in which he played the lead role. In February 1994, during rehearsals for the Young Vic's Omma, the entire cast, including Benedict and Toby Jones, quit the production when they thought director Tim Supple was failing to give them appropriate direction.[7]

Credits

Theatre

DateTitleRoleDirectorCompany
Theatre		Notes
12 April 1978 – 16 April 1978Hey You, Light ManMabel Le GrainTerry DonaldBlack Theatre Workshop,
Montréal, Québec		[8] [9]
11 November 1978 – 14 November 1978The Gingerbread LadyEvy MearaTerry DonaldBlack Theatre Workshop,
Montréal, Québec		[10] [9]
1979 – Dreadful TalesFrank WhittenCommon Stock Theatre Company[11]
August 1979 – Away From ItTeenagerFrank WhittenCommon Stock Theatre Company[11]
1982 – Mama DecembaThe Best FriendBirmingham Repertory Theatre Company[12]
29 August 1983 – 1 February 1984Don JuanDonna ElviraJohn RetallackActors Touring Company[13]
26 March 1984 – 26 June 1984Twelfth NightMaria, CurioJohn RetallackActors Touring Company[14] [1]
1986 – So Long on Lonely StreetAnnabel LeeLou SteinPalace Theatre, Watford[11]
16 December 1986 – 24 January 1987Flash TrashMama QueenieYvonne BrewsterHalf Moon Theatre[11] [15]
6 January 1987 – The Nine NightGloria HamiltonUmoja Theatre Company[11] [16]
30 March 1987 – 13 June 198711 Josephine HouseGloriaGloria HamiltonUmoja Theatre Company and
Black Theatre Co-operative		[11] [17] [18] [19]
7 October 1987 – 19 December 1987The Cape OrchardDianne CupidoRoland ReesFoco Novo[20] [21] [22]
28 January 1988 – 27 February 1988King of EnglandSusanPhilip HedleyTheatre Royal, Stratford East[1] [23]
May 1988 – Moon on a Rainbow ShawlSophia AdamsMaya AngelouAlmeida Theatre[1][24]
1988 – The BacchaeAgaveNancy MecklerShared Experience[25]
22 February 1989 – 15 May 1989The Doctor of HonourDoña LeonarLindsay PosnerCheek by Jowl[26] [11]
September 1989 – January 1990MacbethLady MacbethNigel JamiesonOdyssey Theatre Company[1]
May 1990 – September 1990Romeo and JulietNurseBill HomewoodHull Truck[1] [27]
22 November 1990 – 15 December 1990Death and the King's HorsemanYalojaPhyllida LloydRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester[12]
8 June 1991 – The White DevilCorneliaPhilip ProwseOlivier, National, London[28]
31 October 1991 – 30 November 1991MedeaMedeaPhyllida LloydRoyal Exchange, Manchester[29] [1]
2 July 1992 – The OdysseyEurycleiaGreg DoranRoyal Shakespeare Company
The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon		[12] [30]
1 September 1992 – 1993Tamburlaine the GreatZenocrateTerry HandsRoyal Shakespeare Company
Swan, Stratford
Barbican Theatre, London		[12] [31] [32]
29 October 1992 – Antony and CleopatraCharmianJohn CairdRoyal Shakespeare Company[1]
2 March 1993 – 9 March 1993Antony and CleopatraCharmianJohn CairdRoyal Shakespeare Company
Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne		[33]
22 June 1993 – The OdysseyEurycleiaGreg DoranRoyal Shakespeare Company
The Pit, Barbican Arts Centre, London		[12] [34]
– The OdysseyHelen of TroyGreg DoranRoyal Shakespeare Company[12]
1997 – A Midsummer Night's DreamTitania, HippolytaPhelim McDermott
Julian Crouch		English Shakespeare Company[1]
1997 – 1998To Kill A MockingbirdTheatre Royal, Bath[35]
3 December 1998 – 19 December 1998So SpecialThe Mother, NurseMatthew LloydRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
28 January 1999 – 27 February 1999The TempestAntonioJude KellyWest Yorkshire Playhouse,
Leeds		[1] [36] [37]
25 May 2000 – 19 August 2000The GiftBerniceAnnie CastledineBirmingham Repertory Theatre Company
Tricycle Theatre Kilburn, London		[12] [38] [39]
11 October 2000 – 11 November 2000The Critic / The DisputeMrs. DangleMatthew LloydRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester[40]
25 April 2002 – 14 September 2002Eastward Ho!Mistress TouchstoneLucy Pitman-WallaceRoyal Shakespeare Company
Swan, Stratford		[41] [42]
2 July 2002 – 14 September 2002The Island PrincessQuisanaGregory DoranRoyal Shakespeare Company
Swan, Stratford		[43] [44]
20 August 2002 – 13 September 2002The MalcontentMaquerelleDominic CookeRoyal Shakespeare Company
Swan, Stratford		[45] [46] [47]
25 September 2002 – 11 October 2002The MalcontentMaquerelleDominic CookeRoyal Shakespeare Company
Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne		[48]
30 September 2002 – 10 October 2002Eastward Ho!Mistress TouchstoneLucy Pitman-WallaceRoyal Shakespeare Company
Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne		[41]
9 October 2002 – 12 October 2002The Island PrincessQuisanaGregory DoranRoyal Shakespeare Company
Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne		[49]
7 December 2002 – 22 March 2003The MalcontentMaquerelleDominic CookeRoyal Shakespeare Company
Gielgud Theatre, London		[50] [51]
21 December 2002 – 19 March 2003Eastward Ho!Mistress TouchstoneLucy Pitman-WallaceRoyal Shakespeare Company
Gielgud Theatre, London		[52] [53]
28 December 2002 – 17 March 2003The Island PrincessQuisanaGregory DoranRoyal Shakespeare Company
Gielgud Theatre, London		[54] [55]
16 December 2004 – 23 March 2005Fix UpNormaAngus JacksonNational Theatre
Cottesloe Theatre, London		[56] [57] [58] [59]
6 December 2005 – 30 September 2006The Canterbury TalesThe Wife of BathGregory Doran,
Rebecca Gatwood,
Jonathan Munby		Royal Shakespeare Company[60] [61] [62] [63] [64]
4 February 2008 – 5 April 2008Angel HouseJeanPaulette RandalNew Wolsey Theatre[65] [66] [67]
9 June 2008 – 2 August 2008Romeo and JulietNurseTimothy SheaderNew Shakespeare Company
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre		[1] [68] [69] [70] [71]
13 June 2008 – 30 July 2008Twelfth NightMariaEdward DickNew Shakespeare Company
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre		[1] [72] [73]
8 April 2009 – 17 June 2009Death and the King's HorsemanIyalojaRufus NorrisOlivier, National, London[74] [75] [76] [77]
11 September 2014 – 25 October 2014HamletPlayer King, MarcellaSarah FrankcomRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester[1] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82]

[Issue 1]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996Merisairas aka SeasickCook Saba
1997The Fifth Province[12]
1999Felicia's JourneyMiss Calligary
2015Jupiter AscendingBureaucrat
2015HamletMarcella / Player King
2019The InvisibleGertrude

Television

DateTitleRoleNetworkNotes
Dream TeamChannel 5[12] [Issue 2]
Text In TimeBBC tv[12] [Issue 3]
1988The Bill: Country Cousin (S 4: Ep 9)Mrs WilliamsThames Television[83]
1992Prime Suspect 2Esme AllenGranada Television [83]
1994The Bill: Land of the Blind (S 10: Ep 127)Miranda KerrThames Television[83]
1996Call RedJude PattonThames Television
1997Grange HillMrs PhillipsBBC tv
1998Still Here: Just So Much A Body Can TakeEthelBBC tv[12] [84]
2003Doctors: Docwatch (S 5: Ep 156)Christine BabbageBBC tv[83]
2004Casualty: Taking CareLesley ChambersBBC tv[85]
2004Feather BoyMatronBBC tv
2005The Lenny Henry ShowNurseBBC tv[83]
2006Eleventh Hour: ResurrectionAmanda RossGranada Television[86]
2007Holby City: The ApprenticeElizabeth McFarlaneBBC tv[87]
2008Poppy ShakespeareRosettaChannel 4[88] [89]
2009UnforgivenElaine (psychotherapist)ITV[90]
2010Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia (S 2: Ep 1)Mrs JenkinsITV[83]
2010Thorne: Scaredy Cat (Ep 1, 3)Maeve ReynoldsSky Television[83] [91][92]
2011Waking the Dead: Conviction (S 9: Ep 7–8)Lisbetta BarclayBBC tv[93] [94]
2012The One Lenny HenryEstherBBC tv[95]
2012Secrets and Words: A Study in TimeConnieBBC tv[96]
2012Holby City: Taxi for SpenceMargaret O'SullivanBBC tv[97]
2015Casualty: A Child's Heart: Part One and Part TwoOlivia CostelloeBBC tv[98][99]
2015–2016In the Club (2 episodes)Myleene BrowningBBC tv[100] [101]
2017The Frankenstein Chronicles: ep 9, ep 10, ep 12Mrs WildITV Encore

Radio

DateTitleRoleDirectorStation
12 December 1994 – 16 December 1994Invisible Cities [12]Tessa WattBBC Radio 3
6 April 1995Charley Tango [102]Bettina & Sister EuphoniaJeremy MortimerBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
17 September 1995Death and the King's Horseman [103]IyalojaAlby JamesBBC Radio 3
The Sunday Play
2 October 1995Rainmaker [104]Hamish WilsonBBC Radio 4
Monday Play
3 March 1996A Raisin in the Sun [105]Claire GroveBBC Radio 3
The Sunday Play
9 May 1996Out of the Woods [106]BonnieGordon HouseBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
17 June 1996United States [107]Andy JordanBBC Radio 4
The Monday Play
12 August 1996Spell Number 7 [108]BettinaPam Fraser SolomonBBC Radio 4
The Monday Play
26 August 1996Song of a Bluefoot Man [109]Mother AfricaAlby JamesBBC Radio 4
The Monday Play
5 November 1996Short Story: Dilemma [110]Read ByPam Fraser SolomonBBC Radio 4
Short Story
1 November 1998The Late Story: A Living Legend [111] [12]Read ByGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
The Late Story
8 June 1999Those Old Metal Things [112] [12]BerthaPauline HarrisBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
11 July 1999Document of Identity [113] [114] [12][115]KiisuPauline HarrisBBC Radio 3
The Sunday Play
13 August 2000 (R)The Late Story: Miss Joyce and Bobcat [116]Read ByMelanie HarrisBBC Radio 4
The Late Story
1 January 2001 – 5 January 2001The Book of the City of Ladies [117]ReasonPolly ThomasBBC Radio 4
Woman's Hour Drama
28 November 2001Always the Bridesmaid [118]SarahPauline HarrisBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
21 February 2002When [119]SaharaVanessa WhitburnBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
22 April 2003The Other Side of Truth [120]Aunt Gracie / Mrs BankolePauline HarrisBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
1 February 2004Measure for Measure [121] [1]Mistress OverdoneClaire GroveBBC Radio 3
Drama on 3
8 February 2004The Winter's Tale [122] [1]PaulinaNadia MolinariBBC Radio 3
Drama on 3
17 May 2004I Was a Stranger [123]Lakiyaye & Queen VictoriaPauline HarrisBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
29 May 2004Amen Corner[124]Sister Margaret AlexanderRishi SankarBBC World Service
10 September 2004The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Daddy [125] [126]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
17 September 2004The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Bone [127]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
24 September 2004The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Maid [128]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
1 October 2004The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Tears of the Giraffe [129]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
30 August 2005The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Chief Justice of Beauty [130]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
6 September 2005The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Confession [131]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
13 September 2005The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Kalahari Typing School for Men [132]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
20 September 2005The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Admirer [133]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
18 January 2007The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: How to Handle Men through the Application of Psychology [134]Mma RamotsweKirsty WilliamsBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
25 January 2007The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: House of Hope [135]Mma RamotsweKirsty WilliamsBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
1 February 2007The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Return of Note [136]Mma RamotsweKirsty WilliamsBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
8 February 2007The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Ceremony [137]Mma RamotsweKirsty WilliamsBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
25 November 2007Blood Wedding [138] [139]MoonPauline HarrisBBC Radio 3
Drama on 3
1 January 2008The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: There Is No Such Thing as Free Food [140]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
2 January 2008The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Best Profession for a Blackmailer [141]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
3 January 2008The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A Very Rude Woman [142]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
4 January 2008The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Talking Shoes [143] [144]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
26 February 2008Rudy's Rare Records: Take Me Home, Country Roads [145] [146]DoreenLucy ArmitageBBC Radio 4
4 March 2008Rudy's Rare Records: Roots Manoeuvres [147] [148]DoreenLucy ArmitageBBC Radio 4
25 December 2008The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Miracle at Speedy Motors [149]Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
21 September 2009 – 22 September 2009Blame the Parents [150] [151]Linda SwannSteven Canny and Peter Leslie WildBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
14 October 2009–
28 October 2009		Rudy's Rare Records:
* "Ill Communication" [152] [153]
* "Oh Carolina" [154][155]
* "Daddy Cool" [156][157]		roles by episode:
* Doreen / Ms Rogers
* Carolina
* Doreen		Lucy ArmitageBBC Radio 4
25 December 2009
(holiday double)		The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency:
* "Tea Time for the Traditionally Built" [158]
* "The Seller of Beds" [159]		Mma RamotsweEilidh McCreadieBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
26 September 2010Lorca's Rural Trilogy: Yerma [160]DoloresPauline HarrisBBC Radio 3
Drama on 3
18 January 2011–
22 February 2011		Rudy's Rare Records:
* "No Richie, No Cry" [161]
* "It's a Family Affair" [162]
* "Redemption Song" [163]
* "Rudy's Rare Record" [164]
* "Lights Out" [165]
* "Girls and Boys" [166]		DoreenLucy ArmitageBBC Radio 4
30 May 2011Corrinne Come Back and Gone [167]CorrinneClaire GroveBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
7 October 2011–
14 October 2011		Bad Faith:
* "Insha'Allah" [168]
* "Opiate of the Masses" [169]		Marianne BrownMary PeateBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
3 November 2011–
4 November 2011		The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency:
* "A Late Van Just Glimpsed" [170]
* "The Saturday Big Tent Wedding" [171]		Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
9 October 2012–
13 November 2012		Rudy's Rare Records:
* "Three's a Crowd" [172]
* "Best Local Business" [173]
* "Let It Grow" [174]
* "It's Grim up North" [175]
* "Miss Reenie Comes to Stay" [176]
* "Sound of da Police" [177]		DoreenKatie TyrrellBBC Radio 4
20 March 2013–
21 March 2013		The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency:
* "A Man from a Far Place" [178]
* "The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection" [179]		Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
5 February 2014–
6 February 2014		The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency:
* "The Modern Husband Course" [180]
* "The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon" [181]		Mma RamotsweEilidh McCreadieBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
13 July 2014Death and the King's Horseman [182] [183]IyalojaPauline HarrisBBC Radio 3
Drama on 3
12 March 2015–
13 March 2015		The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency:
* "The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe" [184]
* "The Dish of Yesterday" [185]		Mma RamotsweEilidh McCreadieBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
4 August 2016–
5 August 2016		The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency:
* "This Is Not a Rubbish Boy" [186]
* "The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine" [187]		Mma RamotsweGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play
23 June 2019The Invisible [188]GertrudeNadia MolinariBBC Radio 3
Drama on 3

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  2. ↑ Claire Benedict talks acting to Todmorden University of the Third Age – John Bouttell, Hebden Bridge Web News, 29 April 2012
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  113. ↑ BBC – The Sunday Play – Document of Identity
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  150. ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – Blame the Parents, Episode 1
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  156. ↑ BBC – Rudy's Rare Records Daddy Cool
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  159. ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Seller of Beds
  160. ↑ BBC – Drama on 3 – Lorca's Rural Trilogy: Yerma
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  166. ↑ BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Girls and Boys
  167. ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – Corrinne Come Back and Gone
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  170. ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A Late Van Just Glimpsed
  171. ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Saturday Big Tent Wedding
  172. ↑ BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Three's a Crowd
  173. ↑ BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Best Local Business
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  176. ↑ BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Miss Reenie Comes to Stay
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  179. ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
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  181. ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
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  184. ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe
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Issues to be resolved in this article
    1. ↑ This list from the original author to be verified and moved into table above:
      1985 The Contact Theatre Co. Manchester. Oedipus Rex; The Messenger; Director: Anthony Clark.
      1994 The Young Vic Theatre, London. Oedipus Rex; Antigone/Jocasta; Director: Tim Supple.
      This suggests Benedict left this production during rehearsals
      1999 Centre Line Productions. Women on the Verge of H.R.T. Get away; Tassa.
      The Independent's review doesn't mention Claire
      The British Theatre Guide's review doesn't mention Claire
      2005 The Royal Shakespeare Co. Canterbury Tales;Wife of Bath/ Miller's Wife/ Pertelote.
      2006 The Royal Shakespeare Co. Canterbury Tales;Wife of Bath;/ Miller's Wife/ Pertelote; Directors' :Greg Doran / Jonathan Munby /and Rebecca Gatward.
      2010 R.S.C. Silly Masque (opening of the new R.S.T); Goddess Juno; Director: Greg Doran.
    2. ↑ Inconsistency in the referenced theatre programme: this series was Sky not Channel 5.
    3. ↑ This might be "Texts in Time", but Benedict is not credited for any of those on the BBC web site
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