# theatrehistory shakespeare annacoramowatt madamevestris

Researching Charlotte Cushman for a future blog -- Here is yet another illustration of the Cushman sisters as Romeo and Juliet.

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2020-10-28

Listened to two podcasts about Charlotte Cushman last night, so here's the Misses Cushman as Romeo and Juliet in 1848 at the Haymarket Theatre.

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2020-10-21

illustration of Anna Cora Mowatt for a future blog entry

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2020-10-21

Working on an illustration of Anna Cora Mowatt for Monday's blog.

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2020-10-11

This is not the official announcement yet, but here's where you can download "Autobiography of an Actress." https://t.co/nwcJuFLu8Z

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2020-04-11

In the chapter of autobiography I recorded for today, Mowatt relishes playing Parthenia who sweetly tames the barbarian Ingomar in a what some were calling a "woman rights" play in 1852.

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2020-04-09

Have started work on audiobook of autobiography for . Now reading her description of an 1837 performance by the extraordinary

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2020-04-03

Colorization of another Mowatt portrait I'm looking for a high rez copy of. This one is Alfred Harral's 1848 portrait for Howitt's Journal issue 63, Vol. 3.

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2020-01-21