Marjorie Dence

Marjorie Lillian Dence MBE (14 June 1901 – 23 August 1966) was a British actress and the first female theatre manager in Scotland, based in Perth.

Her parents were Annie Eleanor Searle and Ernest Martin Dence (d. 1937) who was a brass-founder and company director.

[2] Dence's management career began when her father decided to buy the theatre in Perth after Marjorie saw it advertised for £4,000 in The Stage.

Dence appointed the new theatre's company and in 1935 they staged their first play The Rose without a Thorn by Clifford Bax followed by others each week.

[8] The Dence sculpture was situated outside the Theatre's High Street entrance but was subject to vandalism whilst it was sited there.

Picture of Plaque commemorating Marjorie Dence displayed in Perth Theatre
Plaque commemorating Marjorie Dence displayed in Perth Theatre