Michael Pickersgill Benthall CBE (8 February 1919 – 6 September 1974) was an English theatre director. Michael Benthall was the son of the British businessman and public servant Sir Edward Charles Benthall and Ruth, Lady Benthall (née Ruth McCarthy Cable), daughter of Ernest Cable, 1st Baron Cable. As an undergraduate at Oxford University, Benthall met Robert Helpmann, who had been fulfilling an invitation to dance there. The two men formed a romantic relationship that was to last for 36 years. Wikipedia
Michael Pickersgill Benthall CBE (8 February 1919 – 6 September 1974) was an English theatre director. Michael Benthall was the son of the British businessman and public servant Sir Edward Charles Benthall and Ruth, Lady Benthall (née Ruth McCarthy Cable), daughter of Ernest Cable, 1st Baron Cable. As an undergraduate at Oxford University,...