Beryl Bryant

Beryl Annear Bryant (1893 – 31 May 1973) was an Australian stage actress and theatrical producer born in America who was active in the 1930s and 1940s.

He and his wife Elizabeth left for America in 1890, working in productions for Daniel and Charles Frohman, David Belasco and the Kyrle Bellew[2] – Mrs Brown-Potter partnership.

He worked for Muriel Starr and Gregan McMahon, when he notably played the part of Abraham Lincoln.

Ward,[7] followed by L'Aiglon, The Rainbow, Cheating Cheaters, Daddy Long Legs, Romance, A Tailor-Made Man, Nothing But the Truth, Seven Keys to Baldpate, Tilly of Bloomsbury, The Silent Witness, The Blindness of Virtue, His Lady Friends, Adam and Eva, all with favourable notices.

[8] The Bryant Playhouse, as they renamed it, near Kings Cross was the crypt of a church with two just dressing rooms and audience capacity of only 90.

The ethics she imbued in her pupils were that there were no "stars", only members, and each was expected to pass through a sort of apprenticeship which could include anything from program selling to scene shifting.

After her retirement to Melbourne, she produced The Forgotten Factor from 20 June 1949 at the Union Playhouse for Moral Rearmament.