Jan 229 minAnna Cora Mowatt, Public Reading, Mesmerism, and the Red Flower of FamePart One: The Dazzling Dozen In 1996, I published an article titled "Exploiting the Medium: Mesmerism and the Strange Case of Anna Cora...
Dec 4, 202326 minAnna Cora Mowatt, Polkamania, and “The Serious Family” - Part IIIPart III - Seriously Merry (A full cast recording of "The Serious Family" is available at Librivox) In 1849, comedian-turned-playwright...
Nov 6, 202328 minAnna Cora Mowatt, Polkamania, and “The Serious Family” - Part IIPart II -- Seriously Manic Before we begin in earnest, I must warn you that my opinions of the relative merits of “Le Mari à la Campagne”...
Oct 9, 202312 minAnna Cora Mowatt, Polkamania, and “The Serious Family” - Part IPART ONE - SERIOUSLY CLASSIC The spring of 1852 was one of the saddest, most challenging times of Anna Cora Mowatt’s life. Her husband,...
Sep 4, 202317 minAnna Cora Mowatt and Edgar Allan PoeWas Anna Cora Mowat one of "Poe’s Women?" When researching a fairly obscure historical figure like Anna Cora Mowatt, it is usually very...
Aug 14, 202325 minAnna Cora Mowatt and Anne Blake - Part IIPART II: RUMINATIONS ON THE ROAD NOT TAKEN [A full cast recording of this play is available at LIBRIVOX ] Anna Cora Mowatt’s career on...