Schlueter, Paul, and June Schlueter, editors. An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers. Garland, 1988.
Charlotte Cushman
Standard Name: Cushman, Charlotte
Connections
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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... |
Dedications | Matilda Hays | MH
published in New YorkFadette, A Domestic Story from the French, her translation of George Sand
's novel, with a dedication to Charlotte Cushman
, True Artist and Yet Truer Woman .... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Eliza Cook | From 1845-1849 she had a romantic friendship with American actress Charlotte Cushman
, for whom she unself-consciously displayed a passionate attachment. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
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, 1999. 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... |
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... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Matilda Hays | MH
left Rome, threatening to sue Charlotte Cushman
and initiating what has been seen as one of the earliest palimony suits. Merrill, Lisa. When Romeo Was a Woman. University of Michigan Press, 1999. 185 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Frances Power Cobbe | Wintering again in Rome, FPC
was introduced by Charlotte Cushman
to her future life-friendMary Lloyd
, a Welsh sculptor. Many reputable sources state that she encountered Lloyd in her first visit to Rome... |
Friends, Associates | Matilda Hays | By her twenties, MH
was well-acquainted with several prominent figures in England's social, political, and literary scene. Her circle included Mary Howitt
, Eliza Meteyard
, William Charles Macready
, Samuel Laurence
, Geraldine Jewsbury |
Friends, Associates | Camilla Crosland | CC
's friends and acquaintances were varying and numerous. In her youth the radical politician John Cartwright
was a neighbour. Her literary work as an adult led to the formation of a number of lasting... |
Friends, Associates | Emily Faithfull | EF
's circle of literary friends included Oliver Wendell Holmes
, Joaquin Miller
, James Russell Lowell
, and Walt Whitman
. Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994. 183 |
Friends, Associates | Bessie Rayner Parkes | In later years she became friendly with hymn-writer Elizabeth Rundle Charles
. Lowndes, Marie Belloc. I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia. Macmillan, 1941. 338 |
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... |
Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | During her time in Italy she came into contact with a number of other women who revered her as a successful female artist. She met actress Charlotte Cushman
and writer Matilda Hays
; she understood... |
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 .
Markus, Julia. Across An Untried Sea: Discovering Lives Hidden in the Shadow of Convention and Time. Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
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Leach, Joseph. Bright Particular Star. Yale University Press, 1970.
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