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New York Herald, Tuesday, Jan 3, 1843.
Letter to the editor section, reports by New York Herald correspondent Ariel in Baltimore section
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Northern Star about Charlotte Cushman, June 28, 1845
THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The manager of this, "the prettiest theatre in London," deserves well of the English public for introducing to them Miss Cushman, the American actress. She is by far the best female performer on the stage. Devoid of…
Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, False Reports, Nov 1, 1843
Cushman is mentioned in a headline in the category of news by the Eastern Mail. The Inquirer reprints the false reports that Macready criticizes in his diary. The article suggests reciprocal benefits for both Macready and Cushman when performing…
Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, False Reports, November 01, 1843
Macready refers to these news as false reports in his diary.
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Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, Feb 1, 1843
Published in the category of communication, signed by "E."The article mentions the genius of Cushman as well as the struggle of the theater profession to gain public appreciation. Interestingly, the article speaks about Cushman's "private worth" that…
Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, Sept 08, 1843
Category News: Chestnut Street Theatre reopened with Cushman as manager
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Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, Sept 30, 1843
Writers for the Knickerbocker; Lines to Fitz Greene Halleck on reading "Forget-Me-Not" by Charlotte Cushman reprinted in the Inquirer taken from the Knickebocker;The paper stresses how the lines about someone else still honor the author more than the…
Romeo and Juliet Performance, Haymarket Theatre, London, Dec 30, 1845
Charlotte Cushman performs as Romeo and her sister takes over the role of Juliet.Cushman's performance as Romeo is generally met with wild enthusiasm. There were, however, also critical voices, among them Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855). Mitford was…
The Colored Citizen vol. 3, no. 29, May 19, 1866
An issue of the The Colored Citizen, with a special focus on the column "Parlor and Fireside", containing gossip about European celebrities.
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The Free Press vol. 1, no. 2, Apr 5, 1868
Issue of the Free Press, with special focus on instances of published gossip about politicians from informal sources.
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The Graphic, Review of Stebbins's Cushman Biography, Sept. 28, 1878
The Graphic contributes a positive review of Stebbins's biography of Charlotte Cushman and values its insights into Cushman's domestic life.
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The New York Herald, Cushman as a Rising Star, October 31, 1843
Part of the correspondence of the Herald. Sent on Oct 30, 1843, from Philadelphia signed by "yours&c"
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The New York Herald, Jan 15, 1843
The articles praises a recent performance at the Walnut theater, highlighting especially "our amiable Charlotte."
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The New York Herald, Macready and Cushman, Oct 26, 1843
This article reviews a performance of Macbeth at the Chestnut Street Theater. Macready appeared as Macbeth, Cushman as Lady Macbeth.
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The New York Herald, May 15, 1843
In the section Letter to the Editor, Philadelphia, written by Thorax.The article mentions the entrance fee sum for the Walnut theater.
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The Northern Star, Cushman Arriving in England, Dec 14, 1844
AN AMERICAN ACTRESS, Miss Cushman, celebrated in the highest walks of the drama, has arrived in England.
The Pine and Palm vol. 1, no. 9, July 13, 1861
An issue of The Pine and Palm (formerly the Weekly Anglo-African, 1859-1861), including an example of the column "All Round the World" (here on p. 3) which ran for about a year and presented the readership of this Black newspaper with snippets of…
Town Topics. The Journal of Society, magazine published in New York (1885-1937)
Town Topics, published in New York, was "the preeminentsociety gossip magazine in the 1880s and 1890s" (Knight 1055). When William d'Alton Mann took over, he "turned it into a scandal sheet of a brazenness never equaled since" (New York Times). He…
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Charlotte Cushman
Charlotte Cushman becomes widely known on both sides of the Atlantic as the first successful US-American actress. Earlier, she was a singer under the tutelage of James G. Maeder, married to actress Clara Fisher, in Boston. Charlotte has been the sole financial support of her mother since her father…