Autobiography of an Actress: Or, Eight Years on the Stage - Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie - Google Libros

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CONTENTS.

My Father.- Miranda Expedition. - My Mother.-Early Rec-

ollections. - La Castagne.-Description of La Castagne_by

my Brother Charles.-Jour de Vendange. -St. Foy.-Fu-

neral Solemnities of our Pets. Les Compliments on the

Anniversary of our Parents' Birthdays. A first Effort.-

Othello in French.-My Début. Bourdeaux. Embarking

for New York. Sea Voyage. Shipwreck. - Loss of a

Brother.- Description by my Brother Charles of Storm and

Wreck. - Return to Havre.- Second Sailing, and Arrival in

New York. -School Days. - -Passion for Poetry. - Juvenile

Doggerel. First Words of Praise. - Boarding School.-

Dramatic Representations at Home. - Performance of Al-

zire. Early Prejudices against Theatres. - Bishop E-

-Fanny Kemble. - First Visit to the Park Theatre.

pressions. The Misses Wheatley,

My eldest Sister. - First Acquaintance with Mr. Mowatt.-

Singular Impressions. Sudden Project of educating a Child

for a Wife. Madam Chegaray's School. - Alzire. - Attempt

at an Offer frustrated. The first Love Letter. -A Refusal

and a Consent. — My Father's Stipulations. A Wedding

Party without a Bride.-Preparations for the Performance of

the Drama of the Mourning Bride. -Effect of a Lover's Mel-

The Confidant. -Novel Mode of

procuring and preparing a bridal Wardrobe. Adventures.

Refusal of three Clergymen to perform the Ceremony. - A

runaway Wedding. Rencontre with a Father. - A Child

keeps a Secret.-A Farewell. - Breaking the News. -"The

Bride's Flower." -The Pardon. - Bridal Celebration,.

Studies. Flatbush.- Purchase of Estate that had belonged

to General Giles.- Haunted House.-My Sister May. - Our

juvenile Sports and Mode of Life.-Number of Books read

and commented upon every Year. Shooting Excursions.

A first Sorrow. -Death of our Mother. - Melrose. Sun-

day School.-Fortune Teller of the Fair. - Pelayo.- Review-

ers Reviewed. - Celebration of Seventeenth Birthday. - Bur-

lesque Concerts. - Tableaux.-The Gypsy Wanderer. -

dal Address. Ill Health. - Departure for Europe,.

Journal of a Week passed in London. - Olympic Theatre.-

Madame Vestris. St. Paul's Cathedral.-The Tower. - The

Tunnel. - Italian Opera. - Persiani. - Coliseum. - Zoologi-

cal Gardens. Hyde Park. Madame Tussaud's.

James's Theatre. House of Lords.

Westminster. - Brit-

ish Museum. Kensington Gardens. - Richmond. - Stand-

ing "in wait" for the Queen. - Departure from London, . . 76

Hamburg. Bremen.. American Ladies supposed to be black.

- Incident at a Dinner Party. - Bridal Address translated

into German. - Usages and Manners of the Northern Ger-

mans. Dinner Parties. Funeral Customs. Betrothal

and Bridal Customs. Bremen Cathedral. Peculiarity of

the Vault. Corpses four Centuries old in a State of Preser-

vation. Robbing the Student of a Lock of Hair. - Frei

Markt. Our Housekeeping in Germany. - Studies. - Ar-

rival of Mr. Mowatt. His long Illness. - Departure for

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Paris. Unexpected Friends. - Visit to Hahnemann. - Mrs.

Hahnemann. - Her History.-New Physicians. Recovery

of Sight. Parisian Gayeties. Description of Ball at Col.

T- -n's.-The Carnival. -General C -SS. - Rachel and

her Sisters. Facilities of Education in France. - American

Copy of Parisian Manners. - Male and female Politicians. -

Louis Philippe.-St. Germain Society. - Place de la Con-

corde. Place Vendome. -- Place du Carrousel. - Fountains.

Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile.- Tuileries.-Les Champs

Elysées. Bois de Boulogne.—Studies resumed. - Play for

private Representation commenced. Scenery painted in

Paris. Sailing for America, .

A Play without Heroes.

Rehearsals. Incident in the Barn.

Gulzara, or the Persian Slave. - - Publication of Play.

Critique from New World. -Fondness for Speculations.

Loss of Property, and utter Ruin. -Musings in the Arbor.

-My Sister Charlotte. - A Project. - Preparations for a new

Career. The last Farewell to a beloved Home,

Boston. Mrs. B-s.-

A Ball-room Acquaintance converted

into a stanch Friend.-

- Boston Friendships. - Morning at the

Temple. Heartsickness. The old Doorkeeper's Encour-

agement. My Father's Letter.-Inherited Traits.- First

Appearance in public. -Sensations. A first Success. - Sec-

ond and third Readings. - Lenient Critics. Reading in Prov-

idence. The Missing Ship.-Readings in New York.-Fall-

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ing away of old Friends. - Reading at Rutger's Institute for

Young Ladies. Readings at Society Library. -- Illness. -

Article in Ladies' Companion. Mrs. Osgood's Poem.

Imitators. Offer of Park Theatre.-Letter from Professor

Mesmerism.-The Phenomenon of Double Consciousness.

Somnambulic Incidents. -Townshend.-Miss Martineau's

Misuse of Mesmeric Facts. - First Acquaintance with the

Writings of Swedenborg. - Influence of New Church Doc-

trines. Joining the Church. - Four Sisters also becoming

Members. Writings of my eldest Sister.-Letter on Mes-

meric Somnambulism. Revisiting former Residence.

Lenox.The Sedgwicks.- Friendships with School Girls.

Getting up of Miss Sedgwick's Play. - Crowning of their

Stage Manager by the Scholars. - Conversations with Rev.

Dr. William Ellery Channing. - The Future Life,

Contributions to Magazines. - The Fortune Hunter. - Miscel-

laneous Bookmaking. - Evelyn. - Amusing Proposition from

an English Publisher. - Singular Mode of violating a Copy-

right. Mary Howitt's Mention of the three Orphans.

Little Esther. - Death Bed of the Mother. One's Neigh-

bors. Drive to Harlem.-Search for the Greys. A blind

Father. Margaret. Death of her Father and Mother. ·

Johnny and Willie,

Fashion. - Original of Adam Trueman. - Fashion accepted by

the Park Theatre. -Interview with Mr. Barry. Witness-

ing a first Rehearsal unseen. First Night of Fashion.

Success. - Second Rehearsal. Author's Benefit. -Fashion

produced at Philadelphia. - Invitations from Managers of

Walnut Street Theatre.Their Liberality and Courtesy..

Witnessing Performance in Philadelphia. Demand for the

Author. Failure of Mr. Mowatt. - Proposition that I should

adopt the Stage. A Change of Views. Reflections.

Mary Howitt on the Members of the Profession. A Deter-

mination. My Father's Consent.- Contract with Mr. C-

Useless Remonstrances,,

Preparations for Début. First Rehearsal with the Company.

-Stage Fright.-Star Dressing Room. - Call Boy's Amuse-

ment. A Boast opportunely recalled. Rising of the Cur-

tain. The Debut. - Second Appearance in public. - Wal-

nut Street Theatre. A distressing Incident.

of an Audience. ·

Conclusion of En-

gagement.Fashion performed for Mr. Blake's Benefit.-

First Appearance as Gertrude,

The first Year on the Stage. Two Hundred Performances.

Amount of Study. - Lady Teazle's untimely Drowsiness.

First Shakspearian Impersonation.- Difference between Re-

hearsing and Acting.-Juliet's Tomb.-Scene Shifter's sepul-

chral Prediction.-Novel Substitute for a sleeping Potion.

Death of Paris by a Novice. -Two Schools of Acting..

Anecdote of a Stranger. - Mrs. Haller's colored Descendants.

- Incident in Charleston. - Address to the Charleston Vol-

unteers.- Complimentary Entertainment in Savannah.

Relationship which Actors hold to each other,.

Mr. Davenport. - Accident in Baltimore. -Second Southern

Tour.- Reading at Macon. Columbus.- Montgomery.

First Acquaintance with Henry Clay. His Recollections of

Miss O'Neil. His poetical Obliviousness.- Five Days on

board of the Alexander Scott.-Clay's Injunction to me as

we passed Memphis.-Mr. Davenport's Entertainment_of

Mr. Clay. Personation of a "Down-east" Yankee. - Imn-

promptu Song to Henry Clay. - Arrival at Louisville-A

last Farewell.-Opening of the Athenæum at Cincinnati.

Inaugural Address. - Compliment to Mr. Davenport. - Close

of my second Year on the Stage. Armand.A Sisterhood

of Critics. Mr. Mowatt's Visit to England to arrange with

Managers.. Mr. Macready's Advice. -Engagement for Man-

chester. Production of Armand at the Park Theatre and in

Boston.- Last Night in America. Letters from Henry Clay.

-Sailing for Europe,

Arrival in Liverpool.-The Rev. Mr. S- -n and Mrs. Sn.

-Manchester Critics. First Rehearsal at Theatre Royal,

Manchester. First Night in England. - Manchester Guar-

dian. - Engagement at Princesses' Theatre, London.- Dis-

tressing Rehearsals. The two Helens. -Miss Susan Cush-

man.- Visitation from the Mistress of the Wardrobe.-

Petty Miseries. The Trials of a first Night.

of "Stage Fright."- A near Approach to Failure.

Transition. Success at the eleventh Hour,

London Editors.-The Daily Times and the Earl of Carlisle. -

Mr. Macready. -Personal Acquaintance and friendly Services.

- First Engagement at Theatre Royal Olympic. - Lady of

Lyons.-Reengagement in Conjunction with Mr. Brooke.—

The Lords of Ellingham.- Accident on first Night's Repre-

sentation. Mary Howitt.- Her Artist Daughter. -Camilla

Crosland.-Poem. - Mr. Macready's Farewell at Theatre

Royal, Marylebone. -Our Engagement. Succession of Re-

engagements.-Permanent Stars."Shadow on the Wall."

-Armand produced in London.-Note from W. J. Fox, M.

P., on the Morning of Representation.- His Critique in the

Examiner.-Publication of Play. Effect of Play Books in

the Theatre upon Actors.-A Prompter's Anecdote. - Pres-

entation of Silver Vase.-The Witch Wife,

Travelling.-Stratford upon Avon. -An Avon Boatman's Ideas

of Shakspeare.-Housekeeper of Warwick Castle, and Mrs.

Siddons. Isle of Wight. Cottage at Richmond. - Vigor-

ous Health. Reopening of the Marylebone. - A Fairy-like

Dressing Room.- Velasco. Virginia.

Romeo and Juliet.

Close of the Season. - Entertainment upon the Stage.

A Ballet Girl nearly burned to Death. Mrs. Renshaw's

Presence of Mind and Heroism. General Opinion of Ballet

Girls. A few Truths concerning the Profession. - History

of Georgina, the Ballet Girl,

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Illness of Mr. Mowatt. Voyage to Trinidad. - New Olympic

Theatre. Powerful Company.-Abolishing the "Star Sys-

tem."- Opening Night of the Olympic Theatre. A Black-

garbed Audience. Refusal to appear in Mourning. — A

white Compromise. - Inaugural Address written by Albert

Smith. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Queen Adelaide's

Wardrobe. Much Ado about Nothing. -Twelfth Night.-

Othello. The Noble Heart. - First Production of Fashion

in London. - Critics. - Punch's Rebuke to the Morning

Post. -The Farce of Floral Showers. - Critique from the

Sun.- Literary Gazette. The Sentiments of Adam True-

man hissed. The American and English Personators of Pru-

dence.Mental Discipline of Actors.-Illustrative Sketches.

-Mrs. Parker. Mrs. Knight. Three Histories,.

Ariadne.-English Version, by John Oxenford. -Closing Catas-

trophe. The three Ariadnes. - Leaping the Rock. - Marie

de Meranie. The Misanthrope. - Uxmal.-Lovers' Amuse-

ments. Jealousy of Actors.- Afflicting Tidings. - Loss of

Memory. Disastrous Close of the Olympic Theatre.

Charge brought against the Manager. Attack of Brain

Fever. First Consciousness. - Dr. W-tt's Communica-

tions. - The Manager's Trial. - Conviction. Insanity.

Self-Destruction. Mr. Mowatt's Return to England.

Shorn Tresses. Journey to Malvern,

Cottage at Malvern. - Malvern Hills. Water-cure Establish-

ment. Donkey Rides. - Malvern Donkey Driver. - Adven-

tures on Horseback. - Hanly Castle.- Return to London. -

Skill of Dr. D―n. - A Sufferer's Contemplation of Death.

Interview with Dr. Dn. - Life's hardest Necessity. -

A last Conversation. - The Parting,

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