Oct 9, 202312 min readAnna Cora Mowatt, Polkamania, and “The Serious Family” - Part IPART ONE - SERIOUSLY CLASSIC The spring of 1852 was one of the saddest, most challenging times of Anna Cora Mowatt’s life. Her husband,...
Aug 4, 202313 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and Anne Blake - Part IPART I: INTRIGUING, BUT LESS THAN GROUND-BREAKING Originally posted on March 6, 2023 [A recording of this play is available at Librivox]...
Jul 28, 202320 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and Pauline at the MarylebonePart XIII: LOVE Originally published August 30, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna Cora...
Jul 28, 202318 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and The Lady at the OlympicPart XII: IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY GHOSTWRITER… Originally published August 23, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of...
Jul 23, 202310 min readAnna 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 min readAnna 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 4, 202314 min readAnna Cora Mowatt and the London CriticsOriginally Posted Oct. 12, 2020 Actors say, “I never read reviews.” This declaration is almost never literally true. What they actually...
Jul 3, 202311 min readMr. Watts and the ExtortionistsOriginally posted Sept. 21, 2020 When I said that Walter Watts had a relatively good reputation for London theatrical manager of the...