Aimée Daniell Beringer (1856 – February 17, 1936) billed professionally as Mrs. Oscar Beringer, was an American-born playwright, theatrical manager, novelist, and commentator, based in London.
Early life Aimée Daniell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Edward Lynch Daniell.John Parker, Who's Who in the Theatre (Small, Maynard and Company 1925): 76. Her parents were English, and she moved to Mexico as a child, and England to live at age 15."Mrs. Oscar Beringer" The Bystander (July 5, 1905): 39.
Career
In 1896, To-day magazine described Aimée Daniell Beringer as "one of the most popular personalities in literary and theatrical Bohemia.""Mrs. Oscar Beringer" To-day (May 23, 1896): 69. Beringer was the manager of the Opera Comique Theatre in London."Opera Comique Theatre", The Morning Post (January 22, 1889): 3. via Newspapers.com Plays by Beringer included Tares: A Social Problem (1888), Katherine Kavenagh, The Prince and the Pauper (1890, adapted from the Mark Twain book), That Girl (1890, adapted from a story by Clementina Black), Holly Tree Inn (1891, 1902; an adaptation of a Charles Dickens story), Bess (1891, 1893), Salve (1895), A Bit of Old Chelsea (1897, 1898, 1902), My Lady's Orchard (1897), The Plot of His Story (1899–1901), Jim Belmont (1901), and The Agitator (1907–1908).Katherine Newey, "Feminist Historiography and Ethics: A Case Study from Victorian Britain" in Claire Cochrane, eds., Theatre History and Historiography: Ethics, Evidence and Truth (Springer 2016): 93-95. J. P. Wearing, The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (Scarecrow Press 2013): 32, 51, 172, 337, 433. J. P. Wearing, The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performer, and Personnel (Scarecrow Press 2013): 36, 91, 95, 382. She also wrote novels, including Beloved of the Gods (After the Danish) (1883),Mrs. Oscar Beringer, Beloved of the Gods (After the Danish) (Remington & Co. 1883). A Left-Handed Marriage (1886)"Belles Lettres" The Westminster Review (1886): 297. and The New Virtue (1896)."A New Woman Has Discovered a New Virtue" The Journal (June 21, 1896): 30."The Book and Its Story" The Sketch (May 13, 1896): 106.
She was one of the commenters in The Idler's "The Idlers' Club," along with Eliza Lynn Linton, Evelyn Sharp, Arabella Kenealy, Fred Whishaw, Ella Hepworth Dixon, Jerome K. Jerome, Robert Blatchford, George Bernard Shaw, and other literary figures."Index" Idler Magazine (1897): iii. The monthly panel discussed such topics such as early marriage ("Youth is a very charming and enviable possession, but none will deny that it is imperious, exacting, and egotistic," she opined) and "At What Age is Man Most Attractive to Woman?" (Beringer began her response to this subject with "This is a very distracting question.")"The Idlers' Club: Mrs. Oscar Beringer Blushes" Idler Magazine (August 1897): 138-139."Idlers' Club: Mrs. Oscar Beringer Thinks the Girl Should Be a Woman" Idler Magazine (October 1897): 422-423.
Personal life
Aimée Daniell married the pianist Oscar Beringer in 1873. Among their five children were actresses Esme Beringer and Vera Beringer, who both appeared in productions of their mother's plays."Miss Vera Beringer" The Era Annual (1897): 29. Her son Guy Beringer was a journalist. She was widowed in 1922, and died in 1936, aged 79 years, at a nursing home in Bournemouth."Mrs. Beringer Dies; Former Dramatist" New York Times (February 18, 1936): 24.
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