Entire Primary Name
First Name
Minnie Maddern
Last Name
Fiske
Alternate Name
Birth Date
December 19, 1865
Death Date
February 15, 1932
Gender
Female
Cultural Identity
Notable Roles
Nora in Doll's House
Tess in Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Becky Sharp in Becky Sharp
Hedda in Hedda Gabler
Mrs. Cynthia Karslake in The New York Idea
Nell Saunders in Salvation Nell
Mrs. Helen Alving in Ghosts
Sources
Fiske, Minnie Maddern. Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production. Recorded by Alexander Woolcott. NY: Century Co., 1917. (https://archive.org/details/mrsfiskeherview01woolgoog)
Binns, Archie. Mrs. Fiske and the American Theatre. NY: Cown Publishers, 1966.
Fliotsos, Anne and Wendy Vierow. American Women Stage Directors of the Twentieth Century
Donkin, Ellen. Mrs. Fiske's 1897 Tess of the D'Urbervilles : a Structural Aalysis of the 1897-98 Production. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, 1982.
Turner, Mary M. Forgotten Leading Ladies of the American Theatre. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. 1990.
Ashby, Clifford. "Minnie Maddern Fiske: The Imperfect Ibsenite" Theatre Survey, v4 (19630521): 41-50.
Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn Mitchell and William Makepeace Thackeray. The Picture Book of Becky Sharp; a Play in Four Acts. Chicago, New York, H.S. Stone and Co. [1899]
Finding Aid to the Minnie Maddern Fiske and Harrison Grey Fiske Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, 2010.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2011/ms011133.pdf
Binns, Archie. Mrs. Fiske and the American Theatre. NY: Cown Publishers, 1966.
Fliotsos, Anne and Wendy Vierow. American Women Stage Directors of the Twentieth Century
Donkin, Ellen. Mrs. Fiske's 1897 Tess of the D'Urbervilles : a Structural Aalysis of the 1897-98 Production. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, 1982.
Turner, Mary M. Forgotten Leading Ladies of the American Theatre. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. 1990.
Ashby, Clifford. "Minnie Maddern Fiske: The Imperfect Ibsenite" Theatre Survey, v4 (19630521): 41-50.
Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn Mitchell and William Makepeace Thackeray. The Picture Book of Becky Sharp; a Play in Four Acts. Chicago, New York, H.S. Stone and Co. [1899]
Finding Aid to the Minnie Maddern Fiske and Harrison Grey Fiske Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, 2010.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2011/ms011133.pdf