Della Pringle
Della Pringle, the stage name for Cora Della Van Winkle (August 20, 1870 – November 9, 1952) was a repertory theater actress who achieved popularity in the American West and Midwestern United States, Midwest between 1888 and 1921. She also had a brief career in silent films as a member of Mack Sennett's Keystone Cops, Keystone Kops organization. Early career Born Cora Della Van Winkle in Trenton, Missouri, she began her professional career at age one playing juvenile roles for the Robert Neff Chicago Comedly Company. She acquired the stage name of "Della Pringle" when she married Johnny Pringle in 1891. Pringle grew up in Knoxville, Iowa. As a teenager, she worked as a hotel maid. Accomplishments Pringle became a star attraction in the western half of the United States during the late 19th century, amassing a fortune in the traveling repertory theater business and claim to be "the actress who made Iowa famous." Billboard stated while not a national celebrity, Pringle's name w ...
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Repertory Theater
A repertory theatre is a theatre in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation. United Kingdom Annie Horniman founded the first modern repertory theatre in Manchester after withdrawing her support from the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Horniman's Gaiety Theatre opened its first season in September of 1908. The opening of the Gaiety was followed by the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow and the Liverpool Repertory Theatre. Previously, regional theatre relied on mostly London touring ensembles. During the time the theatre was being run by Annie Horniman, a wide variety of types of plays were produced. Horniman encouraged local writers who became known as the Manchester School of playwrights. They included Allan Monkhouse, Harold Brighouse, writer of ''Hobson's Choice'', and Stanley Houghton, who wrote '' Hindle Wakes''. Actors who performed at the Gaiety early in their careers included Sybil Thorndike and Basil Dean. From the 19 ...
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