Alice Aynsley Cook

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Alice Aynsley Cook (fl. 1890s) was a musical comedy performer.

Biography

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

A member of the Cairns James Company, that visited cape Town in 1894 to perform in the Good Hope Theatre under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatre Company, she played the "Duchess of Duffshire" in In Town (Ross, Leader and Carr), that opened the season on 9 June 1894.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 399

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