Jul 5, 202318 min readAnna Cora Mowatt in the Forest of ArdenOriginally published Nov. 16, 2020 There is perhaps no more perfect encapsulation of the ambiguity of the Victorian stance towards the...
Jul 5, 202310 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and Her Lady Romeos – Part IIOriginally published Nov. 6, 2020 Last week, listening to several interviews with Tana Wojczuk, author of a new book on the life of...
Jul 4, 20236 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and the Lady Romeos – Part IOriginally published on Nov. 9, 2020 Periodically, theatre historians seem to re-discover Charlotte Cushman. A new volume on her life and...
Jul 4, 20239 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and Matthew Hopkins, the Witch-FinderOriginally published Nov. 2, 2020 After reading up on the historical Matthew Hopkins, I think we’re remiss not to number “witch-finder”...
Jul 4, 20238 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and Cecil HowardOriginally published Oct. 26, 2020 I hope that by now you have had an opportunity to listen to our recording of Henry Spicer’s...
Jul 4, 20235 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and Henry Spicer’s “Witch-Wife”Originally posted Oct. 19, 2020 For the next two weeks, I’ve planned to write about a drama written expressly as a starring vehicle for...
Jul 4, 202314 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and the London CriticsOriginally Posted Oct. 12, 2020 Actors say, “I never read reviews.” This declaration is almost never literally true. What they actually...
Jul 2, 20233 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and the Silver VaseOriginally published May 4, 2020 I haven’t devoted a blog to the Watts scandal for some time now. It has not left my thoughts, though....