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Marjorie Dence

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Marjorie Lillian Dence (14 June 1901 – 23 August 1966) was a British actress and the first female theatre manager and owner in Scotland. She owned and managed Perth Theatre from 1934 until her death in 1966. She left the theatre to the city of Perth in her will for the initial outlay of £5000. Dence and her business partner David Steuart founded the Perth Repertory Company, the first professional theatre company led by a woman in Scotland. They also created Scotland's first Theatre Festival. Dence received an MBE in 1952 for Services to the Festival of Britain.