Anne Cooke Reid

Anne Cooke Reid
Anne M. Cooke, circa 1920
Born
Anna Margaret Cooke

(1907-10-06)October 6, 1907
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died1997(1997-00-00) (aged 89–90)
U.S.
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Stage director
  • academic
Years active1920s–1980s
Known forFounded the first Black summer theater in the U.S.
Spouse
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(m. 1958; died 1968)​
FatherWilliam Wilson Cooke
RelativesThomas Ezekiel Miller (maternal grandfather)[1]

Anne Cooke Reid (née Anna Margaret Cooke;[2] October 6, 1907 – 1997) was an American stage director and academic. She founded and led theater departments at historically Black universities including Howard University, where she was the first chairwoman, and Spelman College, where she founded the first Black summer theater in the United States.[3][4] A prominent figure in theater education, Cooke Reid was known to her students as "Queen Anne";[5] historian Darlene Clark Hine called her "a major figure responsible for providing high-quality training" during the mid-1900s.[6]

  1. ^ Bainbridge, Judith T. (April 15, 2016). "Cook, William Wilson". South Carolina Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ^ Gates, Henry Louis, ed. (2003). African American Lives. Oxford University Press. pp. 705–707. ISBN 978-0-19-516024-6 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Seward, Adrienne Lanier; Tally, Justine, eds. (August 12, 2014). Toni Morrison: Memory and Meaning. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781626742048. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  4. ^ Hatch, James V.; Hamalian, Leo, eds. (April 1992). The Roots of African American Drama: An Anthology of Early Plays, 1858-1938. Wayne State University Press. p. 289. ISBN 9780814338476. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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  6. ^ Hine, Darlene Clark (2005). Black Women in America: Volume 3. Oxford University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-19-515677-5. Retrieved April 6, 2023.