Mowatt's Career as Actress 2/4

Jul 31, 202311 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Charlotte Cushman, and the Vanishing Ion

PART VI: ACTRESS VS. ACTRESS Originally posted Jan. 24, 2022 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora Mowatt’s experience...

Jul 31, 202321 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Charlotte Cushman’s Ion

PART V: LADY ION Originally posted Jan. 10, 2022 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora Mowatt’s experience playing the...

Jul 31, 202321 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Ellen Tree’s Ion on Tour

PART IV: THE U.S. GOES OUT OF ITS TREE FOR ELLEN Originally posted Dec. 29, 2021 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora...

Jul 30, 202313 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Ellen Tree’s Ion

PART III: THE GRAND EXPERIMENT BEGINS [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora Mowatt’s experience playing the lead role in...

Jul 30, 202311 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and the Author of “Ion”

PART II: THE BOY WHO LOVED TO DRAW SKELETONS Originally published Nov. 29, 2021 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora...

Jul 30, 202310 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and “Ion”

PART I: THE PLAY BEGINS WITH A PUNCH Originally posted Nov. 15, 2021 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora Mowatt’s...

Jul 29, 202316 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline Return to Niblo’s One Last Time

PART XX: THE LADY OF LIONS TAKES A FINAL BOW Originally Posted Nov. 1, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...

Jul 29, 202319 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and the Lady Bid a Fond Farewell

PART XIX: THE GRAND TOUR Originally posted on Oct. 18, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna...

Jul 29, 202313 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and Changes of Plan

PART XVIII: THE END BEGINS Originally posted Oct. 4, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna Cora...

Jul 29, 202316 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and Parthenia

PART XVII: NEW ROLES, NEW MEN Originally published Sept.27, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining...

Jul 29, 202319 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and a Tale of Two Cities

PART XVI: THE LADY'S RECEPTION IN BOSTON AND PHILLY Originally posted September 20, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series...

Jul 29, 202315 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and the Return to the U.S

Part XV: THE LADY TRANSFORMED Originally posted Sept. 13, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna...

Jul 29, 202313 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and The Lady in Dublin

Part XIV: THE NOBLE HEART OF GUSTAVUS V. BROOKE Originally posted Sept. 6, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of...

Jul 28, 202320 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline at the Marylebone

Part XIII: LOVE Originally published August 30, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna Cora...

Jul 28, 202318 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and The Lady at the Olympic

Part XII: IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY GHOSTWRITER… Originally published August 23, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of...

Jul 28, 202313 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline at the Olympic

PART XI: A PROFITABLE PERIOD OF UNEMPLOYMENT [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna Cora Mowatt’s...

Jul 28, 202317 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline at the Princess

PART X: ANNA CORA’S NO GOOD VERY BAD LONDON DEBUT Originally posted August 9, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of...

Jul 28, 202318 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline in England

PART IX: A CHILLY RECEPTION IN MANCHESTER Originally posted Aug. 2, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...

Jul 28, 202313 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline in Cincinnati

PART VIII: PRINCE MOWATT ON THE PRAIRIE Originally posted July 26, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...

Jul 28, 202314 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and the Road to England

PART VII: THE CLIMB UP AND ELLEN TREE Originally posted July 19, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...