Autobiography of an Actress; or Eight Years on the Stage
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Read by Kelly S. Taylor
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 (14 hr 34 min)
Chapters
Preface | 1:58 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter I | 58:02 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter II | 38:52 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter III | 31:00 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter IV | 23:31 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter V | 49:07 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter VI | 42:59 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter VII | 26:02 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter VIII | 25:05 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter IX | 52:51 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter X | 33:54 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XI | 34:49 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XII | 27:45 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XIII | 38:53 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XIV | 27:12 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XV | 31:48 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XVI | 43:33 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XVII | 27:20 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XVIII | 28:54 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XIX | 19:38 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XX | 18:01 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XXI | 25:07 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XXII | 20:54 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XXIII | 21:12 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XXIV | 28:32 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XXV | 33:15 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XXVI | 21:35 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Chapter XXVII | 42:39 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Reviews
Granny G
For a fan of her books this is most revealing. Hearing in her own words the acceptance of her relationship and marriage as not much remarkable is a challenge seen through modern eyes. Solid reading again, Kelly