The Wealth of Walter Watts vs. the Poverty of Bob Cratchit - Part II
PART II: THE PROPER PAYMENT OF CLERKS Originally posted December 19, 2022 [An abbreviated video version of this essay is available for...
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Aug 4, 202310 min read
The Wealth of Walter Watts vs. the Poverty of Bob Cratchit - Part I
PART I: THE CHARACTER OF CLERKS Originally posted Dec. 1, 2022 [An abbreviated video version of this essay is available for viewing on...
Aug 2, 202315 min read
The Lost Plays of Walter Watts – The First Night of My Marriage
A MERRY MANUSCRIPT WITH A BIT OF A MYSTERY Originally posted April 18, 2022 Of all the plays authored by Walter Watts I have written...
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 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, 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 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 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, 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
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...
Jul 12, 20238 min read
A Movie That Was Not About Walter Watts
Originally posted on Feb. 15, 2023 If you are a fan of Charles Dickens or Derrek Jacobi, you have probably seen the acclaimed 1987 film...
Jul 4, 202313 min read
The Unsinkable Mrs. Warner
Originally published October 5, 2020 The year 1850 began so well for Mary Warner and Walter Watts. Their careers seemed to be right on...
Jul 4, 202312 min read
Mr. and Mrs. Warner and Unromantic Loose Ends
Originally published Sept. 28, 2020 After more than a month of extending and vamping, I am going to return to what was supposed to have...
Jul 3, 202311 min read
Mr. Watts and the Extortionists
Originally posted Sept. 21, 2020 When I said that Walter Watts had a relatively good reputation for London theatrical manager of the...
Jul 3, 20237 min read
The Fall of Walter Watts
Originally published Sept. 7, 2020 Doubtlessly, I have given you the impression that the Watts Scandal blew up and broke quickly in the...
Jul 3, 202310 min read
Mr. Warner and Mr. Watts
Originally posted on August 31, 2020 Last week, I ended with a bit of a cliffhanger. I informed you that Robert Warner, husband of...
Jul 3, 202310 min read
Mr. and Mrs. Warner
Originally published August 24, 2023 [Just a quick note before I begin — In order to accommodate the amount of new information that I...
Jul 3, 20239 min read
Warner/Macready and “Hamlet” at the Marylebone
Originally published August 17, 2020 As you may intuit from the title of this week’s blog, I am not yet ready to wrap up my series on...
Jul 3, 202310 min read
Mary Warner of the Marylebone
Originally published Aug. 11, 2020 One doesn’t expect to get breaking news on a story that’s one hundred and seventy years old, but late...
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