Aimée Daniell Beringer (1856 – February 17, 1936) billed professionally as Mrs. Oscar Beringer, was an American-born playwright, theatrical manager, novelist, and commentator, based in London.

Early life

Aimée Daniell was born in

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, the daughter of Edward Lynch Daniell.John Parker
''Who's Who in the Theatre''
(Small, Maynard and Company 1925): 76. Her parents were English, and she moved to Mexico as a child, and England to live at age 15.

Career

In 1896, ''To-day'' magazine described Aimée Daniell Beringer as "one of the most popular personalities in literary and theatrical Bohemia." Beringer was the manager of the Opera Comique Theatre in London. Plays by Beringer included ''Tares: A Social Problem'' (1888), ''Katherine Kavenagh'', ''The Prince and the Pauper'' (1890, adapted from the

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book), ''That Girl'' (1890, adapted from a story by

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), ''Holly Tree Inn'' (1891, 1902; an adaptation of a

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story), ''Bess'' (1891, 1893), ''Salve'' (1895), ''A Bit of Old Chelsea'' (1897, 1898, 1902), ''My Lady's Orchard'' (1897), ''The Plot of His Story'' (1899–1901), ''Jim Belmont'' (1901), and ''The Agitator'' (1907–1908). She also wrote novels, including ''Beloved of the Gods (After the Danish)'' (1883), ''A Left-Handed Marriage'' (1886) and ''The New Virtue'' (1896). She was one of the commenters in '' The Idlers "The Idlers' Club," along with

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, Evelyn Sharp,

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, Fred Whishaw, Ella Hepworth Dixon,

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, and other literary figures. The monthly panel discussed such topics such as early marriage ("Youth is a very charming and enviable possession, but none will deny that it is imperious, exacting, and egotistic," she opined) and "At What Age is Man Most Attractive to Woman?" (Beringer began her response to this subject with "This is a very distracting question.")

Personal life

Aimée Daniell married the pianist

Oscar Beringer Oscar Beringer (14 July 1844 – 21 February 1922) was an English pianist and teacher of German descent. Beringer was born in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, Furtwangen in the Black Forest, but by 1849 he had moved to London when his father becam ...

in 1873. Among their five children were actresses

Esme Beringer Esme Beringer (5 September 1875 – 31 March 1972) was an English actress who was noted for her fencing skills. Early life Esme Beringer was born in London, the daughter of pianist Oscar Beringer and novelist and playwright Aimée Daniell Berin ...

and

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, who both appeared in productions of their mother's plays. Her son Guy Beringer was a journalist. She was widowed in 1922, and died in 1936, aged 79 years, at a nursing home in

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."Mrs. Beringer Dies; Former Dramatist"
''New York Times'' (February 18, 1936): 24.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beringer, Aimee Daniell 1856 births 1936 deaths American women dramatists and playwrights 19th-century American dramatists and playwrights 19th-century American women writers American expatriates in England