JAMES MOWATT | The Lady Actress

Jan 229 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Public Reading, Mesmerism, and the Red Flower of Fame

Part One: The Dazzling Dozen In 1996, I published an article titled "Exploiting the Medium: Mesmerism and the Strange Case of Anna Cora...

Aug 4, 202313 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Haunted Melrose

THE GHOSTLY LEGEND OF ISABELLA AND COLONEL AXTELL Originally posted Oct. 3, 2022 For the first five years of her marriage, Anna Cora...

Aug 3, 202314 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt in Memoria

Originally posted September 19, 2022 When I inaugurated this blog in the fall of 2019, I envisioned that one semi-regular source of...

Aug 1, 202322 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and What’s in a Name – Part II

PART II: ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE Originally posted March 28, 2022 The Victorian opulence of Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie’s name...

Aug 1, 202319 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Ion

PART VIII: WAKING REALITIES OF MOWATT'S "DREAMY" ION Originally posted Feb. 28, 2022 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna...

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, 202313 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and Changes of Plan

PART XVIII: THE END BEGINS Originally posted Oct. 4, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna Cora...

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, 202315 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and the Return to the U.S

Part XV: THE LADY TRANSFORMED Originally posted Sept. 13, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna...

Jul 29, 202313 min read

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...

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, 202313 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline in Cincinnati

PART VIII: PRINCE MOWATT ON THE PRAIRIE Originally posted July 26, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...

Jul 28, 202314 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and the Road to England

PART VII: THE CLIMB UP AND ELLEN TREE Originally posted July 19, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...

Jul 27, 202315 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and The Lady at Niblo’s

PART IV: SUMMER THEATER IN NEW YORK AND EDGAR ALLAN POE Originally posted June 14, 2014 [This entry is a continuation of my multi-part...

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 2, 202312 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Her Publishers

Originally posted June 20, 2020 I came to the idea of devoting a blog entry to the topic of Anna Cora Mowatt’s publishers after reading...

Jul 2, 20239 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and the “It” Factor – Part II

Originally published April 20, 2020 One definite piece of information we can glean from the historical records is that Anna Cora Mowatt’s...

Jul 2, 20235 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and the “It” Factor

Originally posted on April 13, 2020 Today, you don’t have to be a celebrity to be obsessed with your image. Right now you are probably...

Jul 1, 20237 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Princess Zuela – Part III

Originally published Feb. 17, 2020 December 22, 1849 marked the beginning of a truly awful fourteen month period filled with tragedy,...