"First Impressions of Cushman's Romeo", People's Journal, Vol 2, July 18, 1846
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Title
"First Impressions of Cushman's Romeo", People's Journal, Vol 2, July 18, 1846
Subject
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Actors and Actresses--US American
Macready, William Charles
Gender Norms
Praise
Criticism
Description
This is a review of Charlotte Cushman's performance as Romeo at the Haymarket Theatre in London. The article praises her performance and compares it to that of William Macready. However, her fine qualities as actress are also deemed by the article as "unfeminine".
Credit
Source
People's & Howitt's Journal. Of literature, art, and popular progress, vol. 2, July 1846, pp. 118-19.
Publisher
Willoughby & co.
Date
1846-07-18
Type
Reference
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MISS CUSHMAN’S “ROMEO.”
I asked a lady, on her return from the Haymarket Theatre one evening, what was her opinion of Miss Cushman's performance of Romeo. The answer I received was, a pause, a light laugh, and —“Oh, Miss Cushman is a very dangerous young man." [...] Judging of her as an individual from her appearance on the stage, I should say that she is irregular, inharmonious, vehement, awkward— thus, in one sense, unfeminine: that she is grand, large-souled, and strong-passioned; a scorner of petty vanity, earnest, unconscious, and full of rich tenderness that lies not on the surface—thus, in another sense, unfeminine. [...] and Romeo, Miss Cushman's Romeo, is of the best, the most noble kind—that which is gracious, loving, strong. Yes, the lady was right—“Miss Cushman is a very dangerous young man."
J.M.W
I asked a lady, on her return from the Haymarket Theatre one evening, what was her opinion of Miss Cushman's performance of Romeo. The answer I received was, a pause, a light laugh, and —“Oh, Miss Cushman is a very dangerous young man." [...] Judging of her as an individual from her appearance on the stage, I should say that she is irregular, inharmonious, vehement, awkward— thus, in one sense, unfeminine: that she is grand, large-souled, and strong-passioned; a scorner of petty vanity, earnest, unconscious, and full of rich tenderness that lies not on the surface—thus, in another sense, unfeminine. [...] and Romeo, Miss Cushman's Romeo, is of the best, the most noble kind—that which is gracious, loving, strong. Yes, the lady was right—“Miss Cushman is a very dangerous young man."
J.M.W
Provenance
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015025949721&view=1up&seq=9 Accessed January 4, 2021
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Location
London, England
Geocode (Latitude)
51.5073219
Geocode (Longitude)
-0.1276474
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Citation
“"First Impressions of Cushman's Romeo", People's Journal, Vol 2, July 18, 1846,” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed December 5, 2023, https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/557.