Anna Cora Mowatt and The Lady in Dublin
Part XIV: THE NOBLE HEART OF GUSTAVUS V. BROOKE Originally posted Sept. 6, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of...
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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 23, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Juanna, and the London Critics
Originally 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 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....
Jul 22, 202312 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, G.H. Lewes, and The (Silent) Noble Heart
Originally posted on March 15, 2021 It looks now as if this blog entry will not be posted until mid-March, however I am writing it on the...
Jul 7, 20239 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Armand, and Uncle Sam
Originally published on Dec. 28, 2020 (Listen to a full cast recording of "Armand" at Librivox) Perhaps the most incredible thing that I...
Jul 5, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Armand, and the Fast Man
Originally posted Dec. 14, 2020 (Listen to a full cast recording of "Armand" at Librivox) In past entries, I have talked about Mary...
Jul 4, 20238 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Cecil Howard
Originally published Oct. 26, 2020 I hope that by now you have had an opportunity to listen to our recording of Henry Spicer’s...
Jul 4, 20235 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Henry Spicer’s “Witch-Wife”
Originally posted Oct. 19, 2020 For the next two weeks, I’ve planned to write about a drama written expressly as a starring vehicle for...
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, 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 3, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and The Rag-Picker of Paris
Originally published July 27, 2020 I want to start today’s entry with a complaint about standard volumes of nineteenth century theater...
Jul 2, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and the Ill-Starred Lovers – Part III
Originally Posted March 30, 2020 Despite the fact that at the time I am writing, the story “The Unknown Tragedian” is around one hundred...
Jul 2, 20235 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and the Ill-Starred Lovers
Part I - Gustavus V. Brooke Originally published March 16, 2020 In keeping with the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, I want to come back...
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