Autobiography of an Actress; or Eight Years on the Stage by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie (1819 – 1870)
by Mentor New York
July 17, 2023 1:25 am
Anna Cora Mowatt was the author of the first Broadway comedy hit written by a woman. Her 1845 play “Fashion” is still performed today. She was also the first woman to professionally perform solo public readings of literature in the U.S. In pre-Civil War America, she was a popular novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, and correspondent. Autobiography of an Actress tells the dramatic story of her life and her struggles to overcome the anti-theatrical prejudices of her day. – Summary by Kelly S. Taylor
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