Anna Cora Mowatt and What’s In A Name
PART I: THE TIES THAT BIND Originally published March 14, 2022 Around this time last year, a well-meaning publishing company launched a...
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Jul 13, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Gulzara, and the Well-Made Play
Originally posted on March 1, 2021 Parlor theatricals were a popular culture phenomenon of the Victorian era. As such they have received...
Jul 10, 202316 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and the March Sisters versus the Ogden Sisters
Originally published Feb. 8, 2021 Without doubt, the most famous parlor theatrical in the history of literature is the “operatic tragedy”...
Jul 10, 20237 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Gulzara, and the Parlor Theatrical
Originally posted on Feb. 1, 2021 I have never come across any laments from theatre historians bemoaning the fact that so few scripts of...
Jul 7, 202313 min read
Mr. and Mrs. Mowatt
Originally posted Jan. 4, 2021 Dear Reader, pure of heart and mind as doubtlessly you are, I know you do not waste much time pondering...
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...
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