Cissy Grahame

Cissy Grahame (1862–1944) was a British stage actress and theatre manager.

Grahame made her first stage appearance, aged 13, at the Theatre Royal, Hull under Wilson Barrett in 1875.[1]

In 1890 she became manageress at Terry's Theatre.[2] There she produced Jerome K. Jerome's play New Lamps for Old, with financial backing from Horatio Bottomley.[3]

By 1892 Grahame was touring with a triple bill company.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Miss Cissy Grahame". The Theatre: 167-. September 1, 1882.
  2. ^ "Miss Cissy Grahame". The Era Almanack and Annual: 37–38. 1895.
  3. ^ Jerome, Jerome K. (21 July 2022). My Life and Times.
  4. ^ "Calendar". The Cambridge Review. 13 (327). April 28, 1892.
  5. ^ "By permission of the Rev. the Vice-Chancellor and the Right Worshipful the Mayor. The New Theatre, Oxford". The Oxford Magazine. 10. May 19, 1892.
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