Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

“ Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
FASHION
Fashion, while not our first dramatic social satire, for that honor belongs to The Contrast, is of special interest as inspiring a series of plays dealing with the follies of those who aspire to secure an assured position without being aware of social values. The best of this later series is Nature's Nobleman, by Henry O. Pardey, (1851) , for Mrs. Bateman's Self, (1856) , E. G. Wilkins' Young New York, (1856) , and Cornelius Mathews' False Pretences, or Both Sides of Good Society (1856) are merely caricature. ”

“ Fashion was played at the Royal Olympic Theatre, where she and Mr. Davenport were playing, on January 9, 1850, and ran for two weeks. In January, 1851, she went to Dublin and was given a wonderful reception. ”