Nellie Cornish
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Nellie Centennial Cornish was a pianist, teacher, writer, and founder of the Cornish School in Seattle, Washington. She was influenced by the pedagogical ideas of Maria Montessori as well as Calvin Br
Nellie Cornish c. 1922
The Holyoke Building (photographed 2007)
Chicago Little Theatre
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The Chicago Little Theatre was an American theater company formed in 1912. It spearheaded and lent its name to a historic, popular wave in American theater, the Little Theatre Movement. Founded in its
Nellie Cornish
…1918, Cornish invited poet Maurice Browne and actress Ellen Van Volkenburg to found a theater department at her school. The Brownes were founders of the Chicago Little Theatre, which they closed in 1917. The department, with its incorporation of scenic design, music, and dance in its productions, became central to Cornish's…
Chicago Little Theatre program, 1915
The Chicago Little Theatre
Chicago Little Theatre, c.1912
Program for The Philanderer