Career Milestones
People, personal correspondence, and press reports that speak to Cushman's career as an actress in her early years before and in England in the 1840s are gathered in this part of the exhibit. For detailed information on Cushman and her professional relationship to Macready that supposedly boosts her career options in England, please visit the respective subcategory of this exhibit.
Eliza Cook
Mary Howitt
Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury
Sarah Josepha Hale
Susan Cushman Muspratt
Cushmania Cartoon
Romeo and Juliet Performance, Haymarket Theatre, London, Dec 30, 1845
Howitt's The Miss Cushmans (1846) describes Cushman's long and painful struggle to success
The New York Herald article about Cushman as a rising star (Oct 31, 1843)
Cushman's first professional appearance as Countess Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, April 1835
First Performance as Lady Macbeth, New Orleans, April 1836
First Performance in London, Bianca in Fazio, Feb 14, 1845
Henry Cushman's A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans (1855) includes a biographical sketch of Cushman's career
Mrs. Walker's Reminiscences of the Life of the World-Renowned Charlotte Cushman (1876) describes and lists Cushman's major stages and performances
The Athenaeum issues from 1845 show how the British press is growing increasingly attached to Cushman as an actress performing on the English stage
The Athenaeum mentions Cushman as a gifted and "prosperous actress" in her early stages of transatlantic success.
Northern Star article about Charlotte Cushman who was introduced to English public by the Princess's Theatre
Cook praises Cushman for her part of Bianca in Milman's tragedy Fazio
The article praises Cushman who "has created a sensation in the theatrical world of London." She is presented as the next Mrs Siddons (New York Daily Herald, March 21, 1845)
Cushman and Hays performing together, Era, Nov 19, 1848
Cushman discusses respectability and theaters, financial aspirations, and the future of the US-American drama on stage (Oct 17, 1847)
Letter from Henry F. Chorley to Charlotte Cushman, Oct 28, 1847
Frances Willard's collective biography includes, among others, an entry about Cushman and summarizes her career