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Aug 4, 202313 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Anne Blake - Part I
PART I: INTRIGUING, BUT LESS THAN GROUND-BREAKING Originally posted on March 6, 2023 [A recording of this play is available at Librivox]...
Jul 31, 202321 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Ellen Tree’s Ion on Tour
PART IV: THE U.S. GOES OUT OF ITS TREE FOR ELLEN Originally posted Dec. 29, 2021 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora...
Jul 30, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and “Ion”
PART I: THE PLAY BEGINS WITH A PUNCH Originally posted Nov. 15, 2021 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora Mowatt’s...
Jul 29, 202316 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline Return to Niblo’s One Last Time
PART XX: THE LADY OF LIONS TAKES A FINAL BOW Originally Posted Nov. 1, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...
Jul 29, 202316 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and Parthenia
PART XVII: NEW ROLES, NEW MEN Originally published Sept.27, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining...
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 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, 202318 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and The Lady at the Olympic
Part XII: IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY GHOSTWRITER… Originally published August 23, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of...
Jul 28, 202317 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline at the Princess
PART X: ANNA CORA’S NO GOOD VERY BAD LONDON DEBUT Originally posted August 9, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of...
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 27, 20238 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and the Deluge in Philly
PART III: WILLIAM CRISP’S FALL FROM GRACE Originally posted June 7, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...
Jul 27, 202311 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline’s Premiere
PART II: THE DAZZLING DEBUTANTE Originally posted May 31, 2021 In 1845, society ladies of New York’s top 1% income bracket did not have...
Jul 26, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and E.L. Davenport – Part II
DAVENPORT – THE STORIES – Part I Originally posted on May 3, 2021 Although I have studied thousands of pages of fiction, non-fiction,...
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....
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