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Trevor Bentham

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Trevor Bentham
Born(1943-10-11)11 October 1943
Died19 October 2025(2025-10-19) (aged 82)
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • stage manager
PartnerNigel Hawthorne
(1979 – Hawthorne's d. 2001)

Trevor Swithin Bentham (11 October 1943 – 19 October 2025) was a British stage manager and screenwriter (A Month by the Lake[1] and The Clandestine Marriage[2]).

For 22 years, he was the partner of actor Nigel Hawthorne.[3] They met in 1968 when Bentham was stage-managing the Royal Court Theatre.[4]

From 1979 until Hawthorne's death in 2001, they lived together, initially in Radwell near Baldock and later in Cold Christmas, both in Hertfordshire, England.[5] The two were fundraisers for Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, Herts hospice and other local charities.[6] After Hawthorne's death he had a relationship with Donald Macleary.[7]

Bentham was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in 1997.[5]

Bentham died on 19 October 2025, aged 82.[7]

References

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  1. Holden, Stephen (22 September 1995). "A Month By the Lake (1995) film review; Romance in the Sun, Foiled and Then Unfoiled". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  2. "Trevor Bentham". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. "Haunted by Nigel's memory face to face". Herald Scotland. 5 August 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  4. "The Advocate". Here Publishing. 5 February 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2022 via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 "Nigel Hawthorne changed will to protect partner's rights". Irish Examiner. 20 January 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  6. Payne, Stewart (27 December 2001). "Sir Nigel Hawthorne dies of heart attack aged 72". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  7. 1 2 "Births, marriages and deaths: October 24, 2025". thetimes.com. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
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