Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Read by Kelly S. Taylor
Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain is a collection of three narratives about life in the theater based on Mowatt’s career on stage. The stories, “Stella,” “The Prompter’s Daughter,” and “The Unknown Tragedian” reveal the every-day challenges faced by Victorian theatrical workers and argue against prejudices against this profession still held by many people at that time. - Summary by Kelly S. Taylor (11 hr 47 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 2:05 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Stella Chapter I | 36:18 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Stella Chapter II | 27:10 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Stella Chapter III | 32:16 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Stella Chapter IV | 50:36 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Stella Chapter V | 39:13 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Stella Chapter VI | 25:33 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Stella Chapter VII | 36:50 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Stella Chapter VIII | 44:02 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Stella Chapter IX | 38:00 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Prompter's Daughter Chapter I | 38:32 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Prompter's Daughter Chapter II | 34:06 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Prompter's Daughter Chapter III | 20:03 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Prompter's Daughter Chapter IV | 41:59 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Prompter's Daughter Chapter V | 29:34 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Prompter's Daughter Chapter VI | 18:23 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Prompter's Daughter Chapter VIII | 32:05 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Unknown Tragedian Chapter I | 45:10 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Unknown Tragedian Chapter II | 27:10 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Unknown Tragedian Chapter III | 27:15 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Unknown Tragedian Chapter IV | 17:08 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Unknown Tragedian Chapter V | 17:12 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Unknown Tragedian Chapter VI | 11:01 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
| Unknown Tragedian Chapter VII | 15:21 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |