Ben Greet

Sir Philip Barling Ben Greet was a Shakespearean actor, director, and impresario.

The younger son of Captain William Greet RN and his wife, Sarah Barling, Greet was born on board HMS160Crocodile, a Royal Navy recruiting ship tied up at the Tower of London. He was the youngest of five sisters and two brothers. He was educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross. His parents planned to make him a naval officer or a clergyman, but instead he became a schoolmaster at a private school at Worthing. His brother, William Greet, was a theatre manager while his other brother Thomas was the only sibling to continue on to have a career in the Royal Navy.

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