Aug 1, 202321 minAnna Cora Mowatt and What’s In A NamePART I: THE TIES THAT BIND Originally published March 14, 2022 Around this time last year, a well-meaning publishing company launched a...
Jul 13, 202310 minAnna Cora Mowatt, Gulzara, and the Well-Made PlayOriginally posted on March 1, 2021 Parlor theatricals were a popular culture phenomenon of the Victorian era. As such they have received...
Jul 10, 202316 minAnna Cora Mowatt and the March Sisters versus the Ogden SistersOriginally published Feb. 8, 2021 Without doubt, the most famous parlor theatrical in the history of literature is the “operatic tragedy”...
Jul 10, 20237 minAnna Cora Mowatt, Gulzara, and the Parlor TheatricalOriginally posted on Feb. 1, 2021 I have never come across any laments from theatre historians bemoaning the fact that so few scripts of...