WILLIAM FOUSHEE RITCHIE | The Lady Actress

Sep 4, 202317 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Edgar Allan Poe

Was Anna Cora Mowat one of "Poe’s Women?" When researching a fairly obscure historical figure like Anna Cora Mowatt, it is usually very...

Aug 3, 202320 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Mimic Life, and the Critics - Part III

PART III: PUBLICATION Originally posted August 22, 2022 Although January of 1856 is usually listed as the publication date of Mimic Life,...

Aug 3, 202321 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt, Mimic Life, and the Critics - Part II

PART II: THE PUSH Originally published August 8, 2022 [Given the response to my last entry, I am somewhat tempted to take a short...

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...

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 2, 202314 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and the Wedding of the Year

Originally published on June 8, 2020 June 7, 2020 marks the 166th anniversary of Anna Cora Mowatt’s marriage to William Foushee Ritchie....

Jul 2, 20237 min read

Anna Cora Mowatt and Her Lyrical Listeners

Originally posted April 27, 2020 An ode, as workers of crossword puzzles will know, is a type of poem addressed to a something or...

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 2, 20237 min read

ACM and the Ill-Starred Lovers

Part II – Avonia Jones Originally published March 23, 2020 If you, Reader, are a young Theatre History or Performance Studies student,...