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Wemyss's Twenty-Six Years of the Life of an Actor and Manager (1847)
Francis Courtney Wemyss is an actor and theater manager. The entry for Cushman envisions her as a business woman that cleverly paved her way to success by acquiring knowledge about the profession of an actress and the respective people involved in…
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.…
Vandenhoff's Leaves from an Actor's Note-Book; With Reminiscences and Chit-Chat of the Green-Room and the Stage, in England and America (1860)
Same text but different page no. published as Dramatic Reminiscences; or, Actors and Actresses in England and America (1860, London, T. W. Cooper).The autobiographical text was translated by A. v. Winterfeld and published in German as Blätter aus dem…
Two Partial Transcripts of Letters from Charlotte Cushman to Sidney Lanier, Jan 11 & Feb 6 1876
Charlotte Cushman writes these letters shortly before she dies. She is very ill and the doctors say that treatment has culminated. Under the impression of constant pain, her lines indicate that she has come to terms with death that is about to…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Jan 11, [1876]
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Emma Stebbins confesses to Lanier that she felt helpless due to Cushman's illness progression but her state of health seems to be improving.This impression soon proved to be deceptive as Charlotte Cushman dies in February 1876.Stebbins describes her…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Aug 17, 1875
Charlotte Cushman "had been in such constant suffering during the summer." Emma Stebbins repeatedly mentions Mr. Lippi as Cushman's doctor.
Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division,…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, April 11, no year [1876?]
Stebbins discusses how her brother could be of service to Lanier in terms of relations to the press. Stebbins intends to consult Emma and Ned Cushman about the memoir but asks Lanier to refrain from sending Ned a letter. She prefers to talk to them…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Oct 21, 1875
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Charlotte Cushman begs Lanier to pay her a visit. She is in great pain.
Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], June 23, 1875
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Charlotte Cushman wants to meet Lanier. Her illness is always present. She asked for another operation to improve her help but her doctor from Boston informed her that it was too late for such a treatment. Cushman reads the press reports about…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Jan 3, 1875
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Charlotte Cushman is thankful for Lanier's affection. Death is hovering above her. Stebbins is devastated due to Cushman's state of health but Dr. Thornton is increasingly optimistic about Cushman's condition.Charlotte mentions press reports about…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Aug 3, 1875
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Charlotte Cushman writes to Sidney Lanier about a Mr. Calvert who admires his poems. She has been cut of all her “English associations for so long—& they were never of the Press, that it is not clear to me at once.” Charlotte is suffering from…
The Athenaeum, Cushman mention in Gossip Section, Sept 16, 1854
Cushman is announced to perform at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. The paragraph suggests that prices have been increased due to Cushman's renown.
Credit
Hathi Trust
Strang's Players and Plays of the Last Quarter Century (1902)
Strang deems Stebbins's biography of Charlotte Cushman to be untrue in parts. Strang gives a detailed account of Cushman's performances and describes Macready as a decisive factor in Cushman's career, the major career boost.
Credit
Hathi Trust
Rumor about Hosmer's Zenobia, Art Journal, 1863
The Art Journal republishes a comment from the Queen newspaper (in an obituary for British sculptor Alfred Gatley) which claims Hosmer's Zenobia statue was "really executed by an Italian workman."Hosmer responded to this attack on her reputation with…
Reviews of St. Martin's Summer, Chicago Tribune, April 27, 1866
The list of reviews from different periodicals praises Brewster as a "cultivated mind" and the book as a "record of feelings."
Credit
Chronicling America
Reprint of Greenwood Letter, Daily American Telegraph, April 12, 1852
The reprint of the National Era starts with an account of Mary Stuart. Eventually, however, the article pays tribute to Charlotte Cushman as a hard-working genius on stage characterized by passion, tenderness, force, and…
Reed's and Powell's Happy Women (1913)
A chapter praises the "first great American actress" who came to "immortal fame" as "genius." Cushman is described as dedicated to her work which brought her happiness after an early disappointment in love. She is characterized as a woman of honor,…
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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…