Annie Rowlands

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Annie Rowlands(?*) was a young South African actress of the mid to late 19th Century.

The daughter of W. Rowlands, a clothes merchant in Shortmarket Street (and later a law agent), who trained his daughter and had her appear on stage at twelve years of age in 1858, later to perform with the Cape Town Dramatic Club. Groom (1899-1900) refers to her as "a local phenomenon" and an acclaimed performer.

As an amateur she performed for two seasons - 1858-1859 and 1860-1861.

She later turned professional.

Her many roles included:

"Betsy" in Betsy Baker!, or Too Attentive by Half (Morton), Not a Bad Judge , or Lavater, the Physiognomist (Planché)



Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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