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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, 202313 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline at the Olympic

PART XI: A PROFITABLE PERIOD OF UNEMPLOYMENT [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna Cora Mowatt’s...

Jul 28, 202318 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline in England

PART IX: A CHILLY RECEPTION IN MANCHESTER Originally posted Aug. 2, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...

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 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 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

Anna Cora Mowatt and Mary Warner, Grand Dame of the Marylebone

Originally published August 3, 2020 If the Watts Scandal were a musical or a movie, I would want to play Mary Warner. She may not fit our...

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...

Jul 2, 20233 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and the Silver Vase

Originally 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....

Jul 2, 20239 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and the Tragic Fate of Stella

Originally posted April 6, 2020 I have just finished recording an audiobook of “Mimic Life” for Librivox.org and have been reflecting...