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Aug 2, 202328 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Louise Waller – Part IV
PART IV -- IN SICKNESS AND IN WEALTH: MEN, MONEY, AND ILLNESS IN MOWATT'S NARRATIVES [CONTENT WARNING: SUICIDE] Originally posted June...
Aug 2, 202321 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Louise Waller – Part II
PART II -- MOWATT, MEN, AND VILLANY Originally posted May 23, 2022 If you pick up a book about popular culture in the 19th century in the...
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 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 8, 20237 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Gertrude, and Blanche
Originally published Jan. 18, 2021 [Librivox’s recording of this play can be heard here.] Although she was called upon to play the...
Jul 7, 20239 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Armand, and Uncle Sam
Originally published on Dec. 28, 2020 (Listen to a full cast recording of "Armand" at Librivox) Perhaps the most incredible thing that I...
Jul 7, 20238 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Armand, and the Museum Crowd
Originally published Dec. 21, 2020 (Listen to a full cast recording of "Armand" at Librivox) Last week, I talked about the triumph of...
Jul 5, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Armand, and the Fast Man
Originally posted Dec. 14, 2020 (Listen to a full cast recording of "Armand" at Librivox) In past entries, I have talked about Mary...
Jul 5, 20239 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and a Pair of “Breeches”
Originally published Nov. 30, 2020 As a woman who simultaneously achieved international fame as both a playwright and an actress, Anna...
Jul 2, 20236 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Armand, and the Silver Vase
Originally published May 8, 2020 (Listen to an audio recording of the play "Armand" here.) Inasmuch as Anna Cora Mowatt is known in the...
Jul 2, 202311 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Astor Place, and the Silver Vase
Originally published May 5, 2020 [This blog is also available in an abridged video format.] May 10, 2020 marked the 171 anniversary of...
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