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Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Apr 10, 1849
Greenwood is delighted to find a few of her favorite poems in Fields' new volume. Yet she is surprised to hear of the urgency in regard to the publication of Greenwood Leaves. Recently, she has not written much for publication as both her parents…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Feb 3, 1849
Greenwood voices her admiration for Fields' letters to her and describes them as "sparkling and coruscating and going off in small explosions." She regrets how burdened Fields is at the moment and urges him to indulge in some leisure.Greenwood also…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Jan 10, 1849
Greenwood asks Fields to tell her how Dr. Bolens will react to her notice of him as she hopes it will bring him pleasure. Fields should extend her greeting to Mr. Whipple and Mr. Giles.
Credit
Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and…
"Queen's Theatre.— Miss Cushman. 'The Scornful Lady.'", Manchester Examiner and Times, Jan 2, 1849
This article is a review of Charlotte Cushman's performances in Fletcher and Beaumont's Scornful Lady and Bulwer's Lady of Lyons.It also reviews Matilda Hays' debut performance as Pauline alongside Cushman in Lady of Lyons. Hays is mentioned as…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, [1849]
Greenwood informs Fields that she will not sell her copyrights. She also asks him to forward the enclosed note to Mr. Sargent and to tell Mr. Whipple that Greenwood regrets not seeing him and Mrs. Edwin.
Credit
Huntington Library, James Thomas…
Excerpt from Grace Greenwood's "Sketch from Life" (1849)
Greenwood writes a sketch about Henry Elliot. The (auto)biographical account is published by Sara Josepha Hale in an edited collection called The Opal: A Pure Gift for the Holy Days (1849).
Credit
New York Public Library
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Dec 2, 1848
Greenwood is pained to hear that Fields is "mad with a headache." She muses that the headache should "keep clear of the poets' head and heart" and rather seek out somebody where it will not be disturbed "by the outgoing of the responsive thoughts of…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Sarah Anderton [?], [Dec 1848]
Cushman asks Anderton whether he can come to Manchester as unforeseen circumstances currently prevent Miss Hays from acting.
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
"Poetry. Poetical Dedication of a Volume", Trewman's Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, Nov 30, 1848
This a poem written by Eliza Cook and dedicated to Charlotte Cushman from her volume of poems published that year.CreditThe British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Nov 11, 1848
Greenwood is dissatisfied with Fields' previous hastily written letter as he forgot to refer to her concerns regarding the publishing of her poems. She is still intent on publishing her poems in a separate volume and asks Fields to solely publish her…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 19, 1848
In the first half of the letter, Greenwood writes as Sara J. Clarke to Fields. She will not be able to return the following fall but wants to meet him in Boston in the summer. Many of her articles need to be revised and cannot be published yet but…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Sarah Anderton [?], [1848]
Cushman will be in Sheffield to attend to some matters with her mother. She asks Anderton whether she will join her on her train ride to Masbro and meet a friend, from whom she has commissioned dress patterns.Cushman is very nervous about the recent…
Letter from Henry F. Chorley to Charlotte Cushman, Oct 28, 1847
Chorley praises Cushman's performance of Queen Katherine and advises her not to be disappointed about less favorable critiques as critics tend to be harsh with new actresses.postmark: Oc 28, 1847; on the first page, it says "Wednesday midnight" which…
Letter from Henry F. Chorley to Charlotte Cushman, Oct 25, 1847
Chorley writes to Cushman about his play "The Duchess," which is in competition with a play by Lowell.Credit
Library of Congress,Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to John Povey, Oct 17, 1847
Cushman discusses financial issues, theaters as potentially attracting "vulgar" audiences, the future of the US-American and English drama, Macready's rivalry with Edwin Forrest, newspaper reviews of her performances ("Have them copied when they will…
"Theatres, etc.", Era, Oct 10, 1847
This article contains a detailed review of Charlotte Cushman's perfomance as Lady Macbeth in the Princess' Theatre alongside William Macready. Cushman and Macready are compared on the basis of appearance and performance and Cushman is thoroughly…
Letter from Henry F. Chorley to Charlotte Cushman, Oct 10, 1847
Chorley is placing an affair into Cushman's hands because he finds that it is best if he remains the "man behind the clouds" in this matter. He does not explain this further in the letter.Credit
Library of Congress,Charlotte Cushman Papers,…
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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…