Claire Benedict
Claire Benedict (born 6 September 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]
Claire Benedict | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1978 – Present |
Early life
Benedict was born in Antigua, began to act at Norwood Secondary School for Girls then Kingsway Further Education College on Gray's Inn Road, London. After two years at Kingways 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 (Toby Jones, Robert Bowman, Des McAleer and Benedict) quit the production when they thought director Tim Supple was failing to give them appropriate direction.[7]
Credits
Theatre
Date | Title | Role | Director | Company Theatre | Notes |
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12 April 1978 – 16 April 1978 | Hey You, Light Man | Mabel Le Grain | Terry Donald | Black Theatre Workshop, Montréal, Québec | [8] [9] |
11 November 1978 – 14 November 1978 | The Gingerbread Lady | Evy Meara | Terry Donald | Black Theatre Workshop, Montréal, Québec | [10] [9] |
1979 – | Dreadful Tales | Frank Whitten | Common Stock Theatre Company | [11] | |
August 1979 – | Away From It | Teenager | Frank Whitten | Common Stock Theatre Company | [11] |
1982 – | Mama Decemba | The Best Friend | Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company | [12] | |
29 August 1983 – 1 February 1984 | Don Juan | Donna Elvira | John Retallack | Actors Touring Company | [13] |
26 March 1984 – 26 June 1984 | Twelfth Night | Maria, Curio | John Retallack | Actors Touring Company | [14] [1] |
1986 – | So Long on Lonely Street | Annabel Lee | Lou Stein | Palace Theatre, Watford | [11] |
16 December 1986 – 24 January 1987 | Flash Trash | Mama Queenie | Yvonne Brewster | Half Moon Theatre | [11] [15] |
6 January 1987 – | The Nine Night | Gloria Hamilton | Umoja Theatre Company | [11] [16] | |
30 March 1987 – 13 June 1987 | 11 Josephine House | Gloria | Gloria Hamilton | Umoja Theatre Company and Black Theatre Co-operative | [11] [17] [18] [19] |
7 October 1987 – 19 December 1987 | The Cape Orchard | Dianne Cupido | Roland Rees | Foco Novo | [20] [21] [22] |
28 January 1988 – 27 February 1988 | King of England | Susan | Philip Hedley | Theatre Royal, Stratford East | [1] [23] |
May 1988 – | Moon on a Rainbow Shawl | Sophia Adams | Maya Angelou | Almeida Theatre | [1][24] |
1988 – | The Bacchae | Agave | Nancy Meckler | Shared Experience | [25] |
22 February 1989 – 15 May 1989 | The Doctor of Honour | Doña Leonar | Lindsay Posner | Cheek by Jowl | [26] [11] |
September 1989 – January 1990 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Nigel Jamieson | Odyssey Theatre Company | [1] |
May 1990 – September 1990 | Romeo and Juliet | Nurse | Bill Homewood | Hull Truck | [1] [27] |
22 November 1990 – 15 December 1990 | Death and the King's Horseman | Yaloja | Phyllida Lloyd | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | [12] |
8 June 1991 – | The White Devil | Cornelia | Philip Prowse | Olivier, National, London | [28] |
31 October 1991 – 30 November 1991 | Medea | Medea | Phyllida Lloyd | Royal Exchange, Manchester | [29] [1] |
2 July 1992 – | The Odyssey | Eurycleia | Greg Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon | [12] [30] |
1 September 1992 – 1993 | Tamburlaine the Great | Zenocrate | Terry Hands | Royal Shakespeare Company Swan, Stratford Barbican Theatre, London | [12] [31] [32] |
29 October 1992 – | Antony and Cleopatra | Charmian | John Caird | Royal Shakespeare Company | [1] |
2 March 1993 – 9 March 1993 | Antony and Cleopatra | Charmian | John Caird | Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | [33] |
22 June 1993 – | The Odyssey | Eurycleia | Greg Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company The Pit, Barbican Arts Centre, London | [12] [34] |
– | The Odyssey | Helen of Troy | Greg Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company | [12] |
1997 – | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania, Hippolyta | Phelim McDermott Julian Crouch | English Shakespeare Company | [1] |
1997 – 1998 | To Kill A Mockingbird | Theatre Royal, Bath | [35] | ||
3 December 1998 – 19 December 1998 | So Special | The Mother, Nurse | Matthew Lloyd | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | |
28 January 1999 – 27 February 1999 | The Tempest | Antonio | Jude Kelly | West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds | [1] [36] [37] |
25 May 2000 – 19 August 2000 | The Gift | Bernice | Annie Castledine | Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company Tricycle Theatre Kilburn, London | [12] [38] [39] |
11 October 2000 – 11 November 2000 | The Critic / The Dispute | Mrs. Dangle | Matthew Lloyd | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | [40] |
25 April 2002 – 14 September 2002 | Eastward Ho! | Mistress Touchstone | Lucy Pitman-Wallace | Royal Shakespeare Company Swan, Stratford | [41] [42] |
2 July 2002 – 14 September 2002 | The Island Princess | Quisana | Gregory Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company Swan, Stratford | [43] [44] |
20 August 2002 – 13 September 2002 | The Malcontent | Maquerelle | Dominic Cooke | Royal Shakespeare Company Swan, Stratford | [45] [46] [47] |
25 September 2002 – 11 October 2002 | The Malcontent | Maquerelle | Dominic Cooke | Royal Shakespeare Company Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | [48] |
30 September 2002 – 10 October 2002 | Eastward Ho! | Mistress Touchstone | Lucy Pitman-Wallace | Royal Shakespeare Company Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | [41] |
9 October 2002 – 12 October 2002 | The Island Princess | Quisana | Gregory Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | [49] |
7 December 2002 – 22 March 2003 | The Malcontent | Maquerelle | Dominic Cooke | Royal Shakespeare Company Gielgud Theatre, London | [50] [51] |
21 December 2002 – 19 March 2003 | Eastward Ho! | Mistress Touchstone | Lucy Pitman-Wallace | Royal Shakespeare Company Gielgud Theatre, London | [52] [53] |
28 December 2002 – 17 March 2003 | The Island Princess | Quisana | Gregory Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company Gielgud Theatre, London | [54] [55] |
16 December 2004 – 23 March 2005 | Fix Up | Norma | Angus Jackson | National Theatre Cottesloe Theatre, London | [56] [57] [58] [59] |
6 December 2005 – 30 September 2006 | The Canterbury Tales | The Wife of Bath | Gregory Doran, Rebecca Gatwood, Jonathan Munby | Royal Shakespeare Company | [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] |
4 February 2008 – 5 April 2008 | Angel House | Jean | Paulette Randal | New Wolsey Theatre | [65] [66] [67] |
9 June 2008 – 2 August 2008 | Romeo and Juliet | Nurse | Timothy Sheader | New Shakespeare Company Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | [1] [68] [69] [70] [71] |
13 June 2008 – 30 July 2008 | Twelfth Night | Maria | Edward Dick | New Shakespeare Company Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | [1] [72] [73] |
8 April 2009 – 17 June 2009 | Death and the King’s Horseman | Iyaloja | Rufus Norris | Olivier, National, London | [74] [75] [76] [77] |
11 September 2014 – 25 October 2014 | Hamlet | Player King, Marcella | Sarah Frankcom | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | [1] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1996 | Merisairas aka Seasick | Cook Saba | Veikko Aaltonen | |
1997 | The Fifth Province | Frank Stapleton | [12] | |
1999 | Felicia's Journey | Miss Calligary | Atom Egoyan | |
2015 | Jupiter Ascending | Bureaucrat | The Wachowskis | |
2015 | Hamlet | Marcella / Player King | Sarah Frankcom, Margaret Williams | |
2019 | The Invisible | Gertrude | Nadia Molinari | |
Television
Date | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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Dream Team | Channel 5[12] [Issue 2] | |||
Text In Time | BBC tv [12] [Issue 3] | |||
16 August 1988 | The Bill: Country Cousin (S 4: Ep 9) | Mrs Williams | Sharon Miller | Thames Television [83] |
15 December 1992 – 16 December 1992 | Prime Suspect 2 | Esme Allen | John Strickland | Granada Television [83] |
25 October 1994 | The Bill: Land of the Blind (S 10: Ep 127) | Miranda Kerr | John Bruce | Thames Television [83] |
8 January 1996 – 19 February 1996 | Call Red | Jude Patton | Thames Television | |
6 February 1997 – 11 March 1997 | Grange Hill | Mrs Phillips | BBC tv | |
10 August 1998 | Still Here: Just So Much A Body Can Take | Ethel | Avril Russell | BBC tv [12] [84] |
2 September 2003 | Doctors: Docwatch (S 5: Ep 156) | Christine Babbage | Ian Barber | BBC tv [83] |
21 February 2004 | Casualty: Taking Care | Lesley Chambers | Michael Buffong | BBC tv [85] |
16 March 2004 – 1 April 2004 | Feather Boy | Matron | Dermot Boyd | Childsplay for BBC tv |
6 May 2005 – 24 June 2005 | The Lenny Henry Show | Nurse | Michael Cumming | BBC tv [83] |
19 January 2006 | Eleventh Hour: Resurrection | Amanda Ross | Terry McDonough | Granada Television [86] |
6 November 2007 | Holby City: The Apprentice | Elizabeth McFarlane | Edward Bennett | BBC tv [87] |
31 March 2008 | Poppy Shakespeare | Rosetta | Benjamin Ross | Cowboy Films for Channel 4 [88] [89] |
19 January 2009 | Unforgiven | Elaine (psychotherapist) | David Evans | Red Productions for ITV [90] |
4 January 2010 | Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia (S 2: Ep 1) | Mrs Jenkins | Gillies MacKinnon | La Plante Productions for ITV [83] |
31 October 2010 | Thorne: Scaredy Cat, Episode 1 | Maeve Reynolds | Benjamin Ross | Cité-Amérique for Sky Television [83] [91] |
14 November 2010 | Thorne: Scaredy Cat, Episode 3 | Maeve Reynolds | Benjamin Ross | Cité-Amérique for Sky Television [83] [92] |
4 April 2011 – 3 April 2011 | Waking the Dead: Conviction (S 9: Ep 7–8) | Lisbetta Barclay | Tim Fywell | BBC tv [93] [94] |
6 January 2012 | The One Lenny Henry | Esther | Geoff Posner | BBC tv [95] |
28 March 2012 | Secrets and Words: A Study in Time | Connie | Pauline Harris | BBC tv [96] |
28 August 2012 | Holby City: Taxi for Spence | Margaret O'Sullivan | Matt Carter | BBC tv [97] |
29 August 2015 | Casualty: A Child's Heart: Part One | Olivia Costelloe | Paul Unwin | BBC tv [98] |
30 August 2015 | Casualty: A Child's Heart: Part Two | Olivia Costelloe | Paul Unwin | BBC tv [99] |
17 May 2016 – 24 May 2016 | In the Club (2 episodes) | Myleene Browning | Jane Prowse | BBC tv [100] [101] |
15 November 2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles: Seeing the Dead | Mrs Wild | Alex Gabassi | ITV Encore |
22 November 2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles: Little Boy Lost | Mrs Wild | Alex Gabassi | ITV Encore |
15 December 2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles: Bride of Frankenstein | Mrs Wild | Alex Gabassi | ITV Encore |
Radio
References
- British Black and Asian Shakespeare Database – University of Warwick, 2016
- Claire Benedict talks acting to Todmorden University of the Third Age – John Bouttell, Hebden Bridge Web News, 29 April 2012
- "Claire Benedict - Is Lenny Henry Right? – Paul Rose, British Afro Caribbean Society, 1 January 2016". Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- Enter the Body: Women and representation on Shakespeare's stage – Carol Chillington Rutter, Routledge, 2001
- THEATRE / 25 under 35: It's the role for actresses of that uncertain age. Today, Imogen Stubbs. Tomorrow . . ? Georgina Brown plays casting director – Georgina Brown, The Independent, 26 July 1994
- Royal Shakespeare Company – Associate Artists
- Theatre: All together: exit, stage left: Why did a whole cast walk out on the Young Vic? Robert Butler hears both sides of the story – Robert Butler, The Independent, 20 February 1994
- Black Theatre Workshop, Montréal, Québec 1977-1978 Season
- Black Theatre Workshop Promotional Material and Reviews
- Black Theatre Workshop, Montréal, Québec 1978-1979 Season
- The Doctor of Honour – Programme – Cheek by Jowl
- The Gift – Roy Williams, Methuen Drama
- Don Juan, Actors Touring Company
- Twelfth Night, Actors Touring Company
- Flash Trash – Stages of Half Moon
- The Nine Night poster, V&A Museum
- Ratcliffe, Michael. Review of 11 Josephine House by Alfred Fagon. Umoja Theatre Company and Black Theatre Cooperative. The Observer 24 May 1987
- 11 Josephine Houseprogramme front page
- 11 Josephine Houseprogramme back page
- Foco Novo – Unfinished Histories
- Theatre Week – The Stage London, 3 Dec 1987
- "Towards a Philosophy of Theatre Inspired by Aristotle's Poetics and Post-Structuralist Aesthetics in Relation to Three South African Plays – Michael Picardie, Ph.D. thesis, University of South Wales, April 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- Poor Tom – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 3 February 1988
- Review of Moon on a Rainbow Shawl – Irving Wardle, The Times, 6 May 1988
- The Bacchae – Theatricalia
- The Doctor of Honour – Cheek by Jowl
- Review/Theater; Pop Star as a Nontraditional Romeo – Stephen Holden, The New York Times, 14 July 1990
- The White Devil – Theatricalia
- Medea – Theatricalia
- The Odyssey – RSC Performances
- THEATRE / Sher's seizing power: Paul Taylor applauds Terry Hands' magnificent production of Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great – Paul Taylor, The Independent, 2 September 1992
- THEATRE / Marlowe's Rambo triumphant: Tamburlaine - Swan – Irving Wardle, The Independent, 5 September 1992
- Antony and Cleopatra – RSC Performances
- The Odyssey – RSC Performances
- To Kill A Mockingbird – Theatricalia
- Losing the magic – John Peter, Sunday Times, 14 February 1999
- Small storm in teacup, not many dead – John Gross, Sunday Telegraph, 14 February 1999
- The Gift, Tricycle, London – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 29 July 2000
- Light treatment for tangled tale of family allegiances – Zoe Green, The Independent, 24 July 2000
- Misappliance of science – Rhoda Koenig, The Independent, 23 October 2000
- Eastward Ho! – RSC Performances
- Eastward Ho! – Theatricalia
- The Island Princess – RSC Performances
- The Island Princess – Theatricalia
- The Malcontent, Swan, Stratford – Susannah Clap, The Observer, 25 August 2002
- The Malcontent, RSC Swan, Statford-upon-Avon – Paul Taylor, The Independent, 27 August 2002
- The Malcontent – Theatricalia
- The Malcontent – RSC Performances
- The Island Princess – RSC Performances
- The Malcontent, Gielgud, London – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 9 December 2002
- The Malcontent – Theatricalia
- Eastward Ho! – RSC Performances
- Eastward Ho! – Theatricalia
- The Island Princess – RSC Performances
- The Island Princess – Theatricalia
- Fix Up review at Cottesloe London – Peter Hepple, The Stage, 17 December 2004
- Fix Up, National, London – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 17 December 2004
- Fix Up, Cottesloe, National Theatre, London – Paul Taylor, The Independent, 21 December 2004
- Fix Up, NT Cottesloe, London – Kate Bassett, The Independent, 26 December 2004
- The Canterbury Tales review at Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon – Peta David, The Stage, 14 December 2005
- The Canterbury Tales, The Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 10 December 2005
- The Canterbury Tales, Swan Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon – Paul Taylor, The Independent, 14 December 2005
- The Canterbury Tales, Swan, Stratford: What do you mean, we're only having a laugh? – Kate Bassett, The Independent, 18 December 2005
- The Canterbury Tales, Gielgud Theatre, London – Paul Taylor, The Independent, 16 July 2006
- Angel House review at The Playhouse Nottingham – Pat Ashworth, The Stage, 28 February 2008
- Angel House, New Wolsey, Ipswich – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 6 February 2008
- Angel House, New Wolsey, Ipswich – Rhoda Koenig, The Independent, 11 February 2008
- Romeo and Juliet review at Open Air Regents Park – Susan Elkin, The Stage, 10 June 2008
- Romeo and Juliet, Open Air Theatre Regent's Park, London: These lovers leave a lot to be desired – Rhoda Koenig, The Independent, 10 June 2008
- Sam Marlowe, The Times, 11 June 2008
- Caroline McGinn, Time Out London, 19 June 2008
- Twelfth Night, Regent's Park Open Air, London – Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 18 June 2008
- Twelfth Night review at Open Air Theatre – Regents Park London – Lalayn Baluch, The Stage, 16 June 2008
- Death and the King’s Horseman review at Olivier National London – Susan Elkin, The Stage, 9 April 2009
- Death and the King's Horseman, National, London – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 9 April 2009
- Shadow of the king's death: Nobel prize-winner Wole Soyinka's poetic evocation of Yoruba tradition explodes with life – Clare Brennan, The Observer, 12 April 2009
- Death and the King's, Horseman, National Theatre, London – Michael Coveney, The Independent, 12 April 2009
- Hamlet – The Stage, 17 September 2014
- This week’s new theatre: Hamlet, Manchester – Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 12 September 2014
- Hamlet review – Maxine Peake stresses character with a caustic, spry prince – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 17 September 2014
- Maxine Peake plays Shakespeare's starring part with emotional ferocity – Paul Vallely, The Independent, 17 September 2014
- Hamlet review – Maxine Peake is a delicately ferocious Prince of Denmark – Susannah Clapp, The Observer, 21 September 2014
- Claire Benedict at tv.com
- Still Here: Just So Much A Body Can Take
- BBC – Casualty: Taking Care
- Resurrection – BFI
- BBC – Holby City: The Apprentice
- Poppy Shakespeare – Channel 4
- Poppy Shakespeare – BFI
- Unforgiven – BFI
- Scaredy Cat – BFI
- Scaredy Cat – BFI
- BBC – Waking the Dead – Conviction, Part 1
- BBC – Waking the Dead – Conviction, Part 2
- BBC – The One Lenny Henry
- BBC – Secrets and Words – A Study in Time
- BBC – Holby City – Taxi for Spence
- BBC – Casualty – A Child's Heart: Part One
- BBC – Casualty – A Child's Heart: Part Two
- BBC – In the Club – Series 2, Episode 3
- BBC – In the Club – Series 2, Episode 4
- BBC – Afternoon Play – Charley Tango
- BBC – The Sunday Play – Death and the King's Horseman
- BBC – Monday Play – Rainmaker
- BBC – The Sunday Play – A Raisin in the Sun
- BBC – Afternoon Play – Out of the Woods
- BBC – The Monday Play – United States
- BBC – The Monday Play – Spell Number 7
- BBC – The Monday Play – Song of a Bluefoot Man
- BBC – Short Story – Dilemma
- BBC – The Late Story – A Living Legend
- BBC – Afternoon Play – Those Old Metal Things
- BBC – The Sunday Play – Document of Identity
- BBC – Drama on 3 – Document of Identity
- BBC World Service: New Schedules – Easy Listening, April 2000
- BBC – The Late Story – Miss Joyce and Bobcat
- BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – The Book of the City of Ladies
- BBC – Afternoon Play – Always the Bridesmaid
- BBC – Afternoon Play – When
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The Other Side of Truth
- BBC – Drama on 3 – Measure for Measure
- BBC – Drama on 3 – The Winter's Tale
- BBC – Afternoon Play – I Was a Stranger
- Radio Review – Drama – The Stage, 7 Jun 2004
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Daddy
- Radio Review – Drama – The Stage, 27 Sep 2004
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Bone
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Maid
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Tears of the Giraffe
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Chief Justice of Beauty
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Confession
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Kalahari Typing School for Men
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Admirer
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: How to Handle Men through the Application of Psychology
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: House of Hope
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Series 3, Part 3: The Return of Note
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Series 3, Part 4: The Ceremony
- BBC – Drama on 3 – Blood Wedding
- BBC – Drama on 3 – Blood Wedding
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: There Is No Such Thing as Free Food
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Best Profession for a Blackmailer
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A Very Rude Woman
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Talking Shoes
- Radio Review, Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 6 January 2008
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Take Me Home, Country Roads
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Take Me Home, Country Roads
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Roots Manoeuvres
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Roots Manoeuvres
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Miracle at Speedy Motors
- BBC – Afternoon Play – Blame the Parents, Episode 1
- BBC – Afternoon Play – Blame the Parents, Episode 2
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Ill Communication
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Ill Communication
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Oh Carolina
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Oh Carolina
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records Daddy Cool
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records Daddy Cool
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Seller of Beds
- BBC – Drama on 3 – Lorca's Rural Trilogy: Yerma
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – No Richie, No Cry
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – It's a Family Affair
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Redemption Song
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Rudy's Rare Record
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Lights Out
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Girls and Boys
- BBC – Afternoon Play – Corrinne Come Back and Gone
- BBC – Afternoon Play – Bad Faith: Insha'Allah
- BBC – Afternoon Play – Bad Faith: Opiate of the Masses
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A Late Van Just Glimpsed
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Saturday Big Tent Wedding
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Three's a Crowd
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Best Local Business
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Let It Grow
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – It's Grim up North
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Miss Reenie Comes to Stay
- BBC – Rudy's Rare Records – Sound of da Police
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A Man from a Far Place
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Modern Husband Course
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
- BBC – Drama on 3 – Death and the King's Horseman
- BBC – Media Centre – Drama On 3: Death And The King’s Horseman
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Dish of Yesterday
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: This Is Not a Rubbish Boy
- BBC – Afternoon Play – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
- BBC – Drama on 3 – The Invisible
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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.
- Inconsistency in the referenced theatre programme: this series was Sky not Channel 5.
- This might be "Texts in Time", but Benedict is not credited for any of those on the BBC web site
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This list from the original author to be verified and moved into table above: