Private Life Writing

Cushman will go to Baltimore in April for an engagement (April 18 + 25, 1875)

Cushman also tells Rosalie about her travel plans and the final engagements (May 27, 1875)

Cushman mentions her reading tour, which exhausts her (Oct 11, 1874)

Cushman mentions her retirement from the stage (Dec 22, 1874)

Cushman comments on an article that criticized her performance (Oct 1874)

Cushman suffers from her strained vocal chords, a cancelled reading event, and the resulting financial loss (Apr 16, 1872)

Cushman mentions an engagement to Annie Fields [c. 1871]

Cushman asks James Fields for a favor on behalf of Stebbins who was upset about the "lack of applause" at a performance at the theater (Nov 27, 1871)

Cushman writes about signing autographs (Apr 5, 1871)

Cushman writes about retirement plans (Jan 5, 1871)

Cushman does not want to read in the Music Hall as it is not made for readings (July 15, 1868)

Howe's Memories of a Hostess (1922): Fields speaks of Cushman's "greatness" and adds a review of Cushman performing Macbeth

Facing a return to the stage, Cushman finds herself very busy again. She hardly participates in social gatherings anymore (Oct 2, 1871)

Willard has asked Cushman to do a reading of Shakespeare's Henry VIII in Brattleboro in January. She demands $500 for five nights in advance (Nov 22, 1871)

Cushman mentions an engagement (Dec 2, 1871)

Cushman commences her season work with readings in Boston and expects to travel as far as California in the winter (Sep 23, 1874)

Cushman discusses engagements (Aug 16, 1874)

Cushman discusses her readings in Philadelphia (March 29, 1874)

Charlotte Cushman discusses her readings in New York and complains about the press, in particular, the critics (Feb 23, 1874)

Cushman will read to the public in New York, Baltimore, and other cities (Jan 6, 1874)

Charlotte Cushman is about to start a new engagement in NY (Aug 25, 1871)

Booth urges Cushman to come back to the stage but Cushman hesitates also due to "vulgar people" (June 28, 1871)

Stebbins informs Whitney that Cushman "goes to work" (March 24, 1874)

Hunt discusses press coverage (Oct 28, 1874)

Cushman is currently reading in New York (Oct 11, 1874)

Cushman ponders reading Longfellow's Judas Maccabaeus with an orchestra (Apr 1, 1874)

Annie recommended a public reading which proved to be successful for Cushman (July 22, 1872)

Henry Willard has asked Cushman to do a reading of Shakespeare's Henry VIII [Nov 22, 1871]