Anna Cora Mowatt and Anne Blake - Part I
PART I: INTRIGUING, BUT LESS THAN GROUND-BREAKING Originally posted on March 6, 2023 [A recording of this play is available at Librivox]...
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Aug 4, 202316 min read
The Wealth of Walter Watts vs. the Poverty of Bob Cratchit - Part II
PART II: THE PROPER PAYMENT OF CLERKS Originally posted December 19, 2022 [An abbreviated video version of this essay is available for...
Aug 4, 202310 min read
The Wealth of Walter Watts vs. the Poverty of Bob Cratchit - Part I
PART I: THE CHARACTER OF CLERKS Originally posted Dec. 1, 2022 [An abbreviated video version of this essay is available for viewing on...
Aug 4, 202313 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and “All That Glitters is Not Gold” - Part III
PART III: ANNA CORA STRIKES GOLD AS MARTHA Originally posted Nov. 21, 2022 Martha Gibbs, the pure-hearted heroine of J. Maddison Morton’s...
Aug 4, 202312 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and “All That Glitters is Not Gold” - Part I
PART I: JOHN MADDISON MORTON AND HIS OTHER PLAY Originally posted Oct. 24, 2022 In any well-rounded streaming service that delivers...
Aug 3, 202335 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Mimic Life, and the Critics - Part IV
PART IV: THE PUSHBACK Originally posted September 5, 2022 I know that I’ve been building to the negative reaction to Anna Cora Mowatt’s...
Aug 3, 202317 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt, Mimic Life, and the Critics - Part I
PART I: THE PREP Originally posted July 25, 2022 Among the reasons why it is a good thing that I am no longer in the classroom is that I...
Aug 2, 202315 min read
The Lost Plays of Walter Watts – The First Night of My Marriage
A MERRY MANUSCRIPT WITH A BIT OF A MYSTERY Originally posted April 18, 2022 Of all the plays authored by Walter Watts I have written...
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 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 Charlotte Cushman’s Ion
PART V: LADY ION Originally posted Jan. 10, 2022 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora Mowatt’s experience playing the...
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 30, 202313 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and Ellen Tree’s Ion
PART III: THE GRAND EXPERIMENT BEGINS [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora Mowatt’s experience playing the lead role in...
Jul 30, 202311 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and the Author of “Ion”
PART II: THE BOY WHO LOVED TO DRAW SKELETONS Originally published Nov. 29, 2021 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora...
Jul 30, 202310 min read
Anna Cora Mowatt and “Ion”
PART I: THE PLAY BEGINS WITH A PUNCH Originally posted Nov. 15, 2021 [This multi-part series of entries examines Anna Cora Mowatt’s...
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...
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