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Rufus King
He is minister to Rome and is referred to as "ambassador" and "newspaperman" by Charlotte Cushman, who describes some meetings with his wife in her letters.
George Combe
He voiced his "concern" regarding Charlotte Cushman's private life. He is a phrenologist and the husband of Fanny Kemble's cousin and Sarah Siddons's daughter.
Frances "Fanny" Anne Kemble Butler
She is married to Mr. Butler but gets divorced. Charlotte Cushman supports her in her fight for custody. Kemble is an old friend and theatrical colleague of Charlotte Cushman. Eventually, they part on bad terms, as Fanny is disturbed by Charlotte's…
James Sheridan Muspratt ("Dr.")
Charlotte Cushman's letters to Rosalie in the 1870s expose her not very favorable opinion of the Muspratts. Muspratt is a wealthy Liverpool scientist.
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Jane Carlyle is Charlotte Cushman's counterpart in Great Britain. She is in love with Jewsbury who then meets Charlotte Cushman. In 1860, she is with Stebbins and Charlotte in Rome. In 1863, Fields writes that Mrs. Carlyle is very fond of Charlotte…
Frances "Fanny" Seward
Fanny Seward is the daughter of William Seward, Secretary of State (Lincoln). Annie Fields describes Charlotte Cushman as a "Seward-ite" type, speaking about 1863 in her diary of 1871. In the fall of 1863, Seward and Cushman developed a more intimate…
James T. Fields
James T. Fields is immensely influential as an editor and publisher in the late nineteenth century. William Ticknor is his business partner and Ticknor & Fields purchase The Atlantic Monthly in 1859. James is an editor from 1861-71 (successor:…
Annie Fields
Annie Fields spends a considerable amount of time with Stebbins and Charlotte Cushman in Rome in 1860. Annie Fields and her husband are friends with Charlotte Cushman and prove to be of particular interest for the actress in terms of social capital…
Waters' Charlotte Cushman (1882)
The biography is part of an American Actor Series. It focuses on Cushman's stage career and includes letters, lists of performances and casts, advertisements of Cushman's performances, as well as articles. The Fields are, for instance, not mentioned.…
Mary Howitt's An Autobiography (1889)
The autobiography was edited by Howitt's daughter. It briefly mentions Cushman, "her intimate friend, Eliza Cook," and their style of dressing in "a very masculine style"
Stillman's The Autobiography of a Journalist (1901), Vol. 1
Charlotte Cushman is mentioned on pages 359-365.Cushman and her "clique" (365) included Miss Stebbins, Harriet Hosmer, "and one or two others of lesser fame" (359).He states that she used her fame or even Stillman (critic) to denounce other sculptors…
Barrett's Lecture "Charlotte Cushman" (1889)
A Lecture by L. Barrett, with an Appendix Containing a Letter from Joseph N. Ireland
The quote from Barrett given in Waters's biography of Cushman shows that Barrett was a great admirer of Cushman.
The quote from Barrett given in Waters's biography of Cushman shows that Barrett was a great admirer of Cushman.
Bradford's "Charlotte Cushman" (1925/1932)
In his biography Biography and the Human Heart (1932), Bradford republished the article (The North American Review, Vol. 221, No. 827 (Jun. - Aug., 1925)) as a chapter. Other biographical chapters covered Walt Whitman or Henry Longfellow, for…
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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…