The Library Company of Philadelphia collects the following original wording from a document that advertises Cushman's performance. The document was found in a scrapbook:"Academy of Music. Benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission on Saturday…
This is a long, detailed review of Charlotte and Susan Cushman's performance of Romeo and Julietat the Haymarket Theatre in London. The review contains high praise of Charlotte Cushman and her talents as an actress and the Cushman sisters' appearance…
This short entry reports the news that Charlotte and Susan Cushman are about to make limited appearances in the Surrey Theatre.
Credit
The British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
This article reviews the performances of Charlotte Cushman and her sister Susan Cushman in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Haymarket Theatre in London. It discusses how their performances provided a unique, passionate interpretation of the…
Cushman assures Emma Crow of her love for her. Cushman will travel from Paris to London soon and meet Crow in the accomodation arranged by Mr Fields, which Cushman, however, deems to be way too expensive. She touches upon the issue of protecting her…
Emma is with Miss Whitwell who interferes with Emma's traveling plans to see Charlotte. Cushman feels that Whitwell is jealous of Charlotte and Harriet ("Her remarks with regard to your dear friend Miss Cushman are simply womanish spite"). A ring…
This letter is particularly hard to read since it was written in pencil.Cushman will meet Emma in a hotel in Paris. She goes over detailed travel arrangements.Cushman and Emma Crow hope for a future that allows them to be together as much as…
Emma Stebbins' abscess prevents Stebbins and Cushman from traveling. Cushman informs Wayman Crow about her correspondence with his daughter and assures him that she is traveling "faithfully."Credit
Library of Congress,Charlotte Cushman Papers,…
Cushman mentions Emma's "deep tender passionate love" for her. Cushman laments that she finds herself "constrained" in her action denied "free frank expression of love" for Emma, "for fear of wounding & hurting others."She informs Emma about a…
Cushman writes about traveling and touring in Ireland and England. She is with Matilda Hays and undergoes homeopathy treatment.As she sends her greetings to Dilberoglue via the addressee, Cushman may have written this letter to Dilberoglue's wife,…
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…
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.
Postmark: Feb 19, 1847The first part of the letter is missing. Chorley congratulates Cushman on her "great success."Parts of letter illegible due to tape, see blog entry.Credit
Library of Congress,Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division,…
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…
Chorley seems to inform Charlotte Cushman on performance opportunities and lets her in on his trouble with an unnamed gentleman Chorley is doing business with.Credit
Library of Congress,Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of…
Chorley discusses future engangements for Cushman with Mr. Wallack[?] for which he would give her his "Duchess Eleanor" as Cushman is asked to bring a play to be engaged. not dated but must be from the 1840s/50s because Chorley mentions his play…
Chorley informs Cushman that "Mr. Maddox is obviously indifferent to having" her this spring. He writes about the Haymarket Theatre and the "war of these two opera houses is running higher than I had conceived possible & my own position as a…
Chorley writes about the weather and traveling, he also mentions Maddox and Cushman's sister Susan.Credit
Library of Congress,Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Chorley gives Cushman some advice: "only don't stop in America till you get £30.000. – because, perhaps, by that time you will be used not to want England again." He is outraged over the negative critiques of his play "Duchess Eleanor": "On the…
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…