Annie Hindle | |
|---|---|
 Sketch of Hindle | |
| Born | 1840s[1] England |
| Died | c. 1904[2] |
| Spouses | |
| Parent | Ann Hindle [1] |
Annie Hindle was the first popular male impersonator performer in the United States. Born in the 1840s in England, she and her adoptive mother, Ann Hindle, migrated to New York City in 1868. Hall performed as a male impersonator in solo acts and in minstrel shows from 1868 to 1886.[3]
Emma Donaghue's play Ladies and Gentlemen is about Hindle after the death of her wife Annie Ryan.[4]
- ^ a b c d e Rodger, Gillian Margaret (1998). Male impersonation on the North American variety and vaudeville stage, 1868–1930 (Thesis). OCLC 42853291.
- ^ Last known appearance was in Dayton, OH. Dayton Daily News, Oct. 17, 1904, p. 8.
- ^ The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater. San Francisco, California: Cleis Press, Inc. 2004. pp. 123–124. ISBN 9781573441988. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "ANNIE HINDLE'S WIFE.: STRANGE STORY OF A WOMAN MARRIED FIRST TO A MAN, THEN A WOMAN. The Death of Her Wife Brings to Light Again the Remarkable Career of One Who Was Both Wife and Husband--A Woman's Wife". St. Louis Post - Dispatch. 17 January 1892. p. 25. ProQuest 579067364.