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Peggy Pryde (1869-) was an English music hall comedienne.
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Biography
Born in 1869, she was the daughter of music hall singer, Jennie Hill[1].
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She was in Cape Town in 1904, performing as a member of the Tivoli Theatre company or a member of Frank Fillis' Circus, and is mentioned as one of the solo participants in the Bloemfontein Flood Benefit (a matinee benefit performance for the sufferers in the disastrous flood in Bloemfontein), put on in the Cape Town Opera House by a company brought together for the purpose by Grant Fallowes.
Sources
https://footlightnotes.tumblr.com/post/40235942416/peggy-pryde-b-1869-english-music-hall
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 418.
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