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Jul 31, 202311 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Charlotte Cushman, and the Vanishing Ion
PART VI: ACTRESS VS. ACTRESS Originally posted Jan. 24, 2022 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora Mowatt’s experience...
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 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, 202319 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and the Lady Bid a Fond Farewell
PART XIX: THE GRAND TOUR Originally posted on Oct. 18, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna...
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, 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 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, 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, 202313 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline at the Olympic
PART XI: A PROFITABLE PERIOD OF UNEMPLOYMENT [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna Cora Mowatt’s...
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, 202318 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Pauline in England
PART IX: A CHILLY RECEPTION IN MANCHESTER Originally posted Aug. 2, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries...
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 27, 202311 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and E.L. Davenport
PART VI: DAVENPORT TRANSFORMED Originally posted June 28, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining Anna...
Jul 27, 202315 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Pauline, and George Vandenhoff
PART V: THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WASN’T Originally posted June 21, 2021 [This is a continuation of my multi-part series of entries examining...
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 27, 20239 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and The Lady of Lyons - Part I
THE DARING NOVICE Originally posted May 24, 2021 [This week I’m begining a multi-part series examining Anna Cora Mowatt’s experiences...
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