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Jul 23, 202310 minAnna Cora Mowatt, Juanna, and the London CriticsOriginally 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 minAnna Cora Mowatt, Noble Heart, and the London CriticsOriginally 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 minAnna Cora Mowatt, G.H. Lewes, and The (Silent) Noble HeartOriginally 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 minThe Lost Plays of Walter Watts – Which Is the King? Part IIOriginally published March 8, 2021 Mistaken identity or characters in disguise are plot complications featured in dramatic texts the...