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...
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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...
Jul 28, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Notes on G.H. Lewes’ “The Noble Heart”
Originally posted on July 12, 2021 I will return to my series on “The Lady of Lyons” next week, however, some months ago, a volunteer...
Jul 27, 202311 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and E.L. Davenport
PART VI: DAVENPORT TRANSFORMED Originally posted June 28, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna...
Jul 27, 202315 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and George Vandenhoff
PART V: THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WASN’T Originally posted June 21, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining...
Jul 27, 202315 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and The Lady at Niblo’s
PART IV: SUMMER THEATER IN NEW YORK AND EDGAR ALLAN POE Originally posted June 14, 2014 [This entry is a continuation of my multi-part...
Jul 27, 20238 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and the Deluge in Philly
PART III: WILLIAM CRISP’S FALL FROM GRACE Originally posted June 7, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...
Jul 27, 202311 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline’s Premiere
PART II: THE DAZZLING DEBUTANTE Originally posted May 31, 2021 In 1845, society ladies of New York’s top 1% income bracket did not have...
Jul 27, 20239 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and The Lady of Lyons - Part I
THE DARING NOVICE Originally posted May 24, 2021 [This week I’m begining a multi-part series examining Anna Cora Mowatt’s experiences...
Jul 26, 202312 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and E.L. Davenport – Part IV
DAVENPORT – THE STORIES – Part III Originally posted on May 17, 2021 I’m going to wind up my collection of stories about E.L. Davenport...
Jul 26, 202312 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and E.L. Davenport – Part III
DAVENPORT – THE STORIES – Part II Originally posted May 10, 2021 The career of E.L. Davenport bears witness to the fact that the man’s...
Jul 26, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and E.L. Davenport – Part II
DAVENPORT – THE STORIES – Part I Originally posted on May 3, 2021 Although I have studied thousands of pages of fiction, non-fiction,...
Jul 26, 202311 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and E.L. Davenport – Part I
DAVENPORT, THE ACTOR Originally posted April 26, 2021 Had she not taken on Edward Loomis Davenport as an acting partner in the fall of...
Jul 25, 20238 min read
Lost Plays of Walter Watts – A Dream of Life, Part I
WALTER WATTS’ SPECIAL EFFECTS EXTRAVAGANZA Originally posted April 5, 2021 Walter Watts’ 1849 melodrama, “A Dream of Life” was his most...
Jul 23, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Juanna, and the London Critics
Originally posted on March 29, 2021 Last week I began a survey of reviews of G.H. Lewes “Noble Heart” in its London première at the...
Jul 22, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Noble Heart, and the London Critics
Originally published March 22, 2021 In the winter of 1850, G. H. Lewes was a noted, if controversial, member of London’s intelligentsia....
Jul 22, 202312 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, G.H. Lewes, and The (Silent) Noble Heart
Originally posted on March 15, 2021 It looks now as if this blog entry will not be posted until mid-March, however I am writing it on the...
Jul 22, 20238 min read
The Lost Plays of Walter Watts – Which Is the King? Part II
Originally published March 8, 2021 Mistaken identity or characters in disguise are plot complications featured in dramatic texts the...
Jul 13, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Gulzara, and the Well-Made Play
Originally posted on March 1, 2021 Parlor theatricals were a popular culture phenomenon of the Victorian era. As such they have received...
Jul 13, 202310 min read
The Lost Plays of Walter Watts – “Which is the King?” Part I
Originally posted on Feb. 22, 2021 Admittedly, my title for this series of entries is a bit hyperbolic. It’s closer to the truth to say...
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