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Annie Hindle & Annie Ryan
Jul. 14th, 2015 09:23 pm
The first popular male impersonator in US Theater was Annie Hindle (1847 – July 14, 1897), who started performing in NY in 1867; in 1886, she married her dresser, Annie Ryan (died in 1891). The New York Sun, December 27, 1891: “In the summer of 1886 Annie Hindle's dresser and faithful companion was a pretty little brunette of 25 - a quiet, demure girl, who made friends wherever she went.
She accompanied Hindle to and from the theatre, and she was a very valuable help to the singer.
One night in June 1886, Annie Hindle and Annie Ryan left the Grand Rapids Theatre, where Hindle was then engaged, and drove to the Barnard House.
In room 19, a minister of the gospel, the Rev. E.H. Brooks, awaited the couple.
There was a best man, jolly Gilbert Saroney, who, oddly enough, was a female impersonator, but there was no bridesmaid.
At ten o'clock Mr. Brooks performed the marriage ceremony, and solemnly pronounced Annie Hindle the husband of Annie Ryan.
The female groom wore a dress suit.
The first popular male impersonator in US Theater was Annie Hindle, who started performing in NY in 1867; in 1886, she married her dresser, Annie Ryan. "I know all the circumstances," said Rev. Brooks. "The groom gave me her - I mean his - name as Charles Hindle, and he assured me that he was a man. The bride is a sensible girl, and she was of age. I had no other course to pursue. I believe they love each other and that they will be happy. “
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