Lowndes, Marie Belloc. I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia. Macmillan.
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Charlotte Cushman
Standard Name: Cushman, Charlotte
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Adelaide Procter | AP
's lyric love poem to the somewhat scandalous Matilda Hays
, To M.M.H. (published in Legends and Lyrics in 1858 as A Retrospect), and her dedication of that same first collection of poetry... |
| Friends, Associates | Bessie Rayner Parkes | In later years she became friendly with hymn-writer Elizabeth Rundle Charles
. |
| Performance of text | Mary Russell Mitford | In the USA the heroine, Claudia, was played by Charlotte Cushman
. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Geraldine Jewsbury | However, the intense jealousy that had early affected the friendship persisted. Around 1846 GJ
began her friendship with the American actress Charlotte Cushman
, who was then visiting Manchester. Much to the frustration of... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Geraldine Jewsbury | GJ
's relationship with the actress Charlotte Cushman
may have influenced her decision to make the heroine of this work an actress. She wanted to dedicate this novel to Jane Carlyle
and Elizabeth Paulet
... |
| Friends, Associates | Matilda Charlotte Houstoun | In later years MCH
continued to maintain relations with several significant literary figures. She was once visited by Frances Trollope
, whom she described as A genial, natural woman, not especially refined, but far too... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Matilda Hays | The intense relationship between MH
and Cushman is the subject of considerable debate over whether it constituted a lesbian union. After meeting the pair, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
wrote in a letter to a friend, I... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Matilda Hays | In 1853, MH
's relationship with Cushman
began to deteriorate. Several sources speculate that Hays's attraction to sculptor Harriet Hosmer
sparked some of the difficulties. Merrill, Lisa. When Romeo Was a Woman. University of Michigan Press. 175 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Matilda Hays | Cushman
welcomed MH
back upon her return, admitting that now, we shall be together again, never again perhaps to be what she once was to me—still, perhaps, better for us both that I am not... |
| Textual Production | Matilda Hays | In 1847, while still in her twenties, MH
was led by her desire to improve the lot of women to found a periodical. In the words of her later application for a Civil List
pension:... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Matilda Hays | |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Matilda Hays | Woven into the novel is considerable commentary on the art, music, and literary productions of the day. Quotations are given from or allusions made to a wide range of authors including Tennyson
, Longfellow
(used... |
| Literary Setting | Matilda Hays | The setting and dates of the novel draw substantially on the relationship between Hays and Cushman
. As Lisa Merrill
notes, the very streets on which they lived in Rome . . . are described... |
| Occupation | Matilda Hays | At Bath, MH
had her debut as an actress playing Juliet opposite Charlotte Cushman
. Merrill, Lisa. When Romeo Was a Woman. University of Michigan Press. 160 |
| Travel | Matilda Hays | MH
first accompanied Charlotte Cushman
on her American stage tour, on which she visited Cincinnati and Boston, among other places. Merrill, Lisa. When Romeo Was a Woman. University of Michigan Press. 162, 166, 169 |
Timeline
1845: American Charlotte Cushman made a sensation...
Building item
1845
American Charlotte Cushman
made a sensation at her debut on the English stage as Bianca in Henry Hart Milman
's Fazio at the Princess's Theatre .
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