Autobiography of an Actress; or Eight Years on the Stage


Read by Kelly S. Taylor

(4.5 stars; 2 reviews)

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


(4 stars)

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