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The 'Little Women' Trilogy
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"My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo,
who had a hot temper and a burning ambition to be a writer." — J.K. Rowling
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LMA sailed twice to Europe, the first trip was from July 1865 to July 1866; she went as the hired companion to an invalid named Anna Weld; that trip included stops at many spas, in England, Belgium, Germany, SW (Vevy) & France; Louisa parted from Weld in Nice and proceeded alone to Paris, where she saw the sites with Wisniewski, then ended her stay in London.
The second trip was from April 1870 to June 1871; that trip was as the successful author of LW and AOFGirl, in the company of her sister May Alcott and friend Alice Bartlett; it began in Brittany and continued in SW; to avoid the Franco-Prussian War, the ladies traveled thru Italy; Louisa wrote "Little Men" while in Rome.
The "Little Women" Trilogy
"Little Women" [1868] entry at Wikipedia
Part 2 ("Good Wives") [1869] section at Wikipedia
"Little Men" [1871] entry at Wikipedia
"Jo's Boys" [1886] entry at Wikipedia
8/2018 article "How Little Women Got Big" by Joan Acocella in The New Yorker Magazine
"Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy" [1868 & 1869]
The second part of Little Women, also known as "Good Wives", was published in 1869, and afterward usually published together with Little Women.
"Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters" [8/2019] by Anne Boyd Rioux
http://www.amazon.com/Meg-Jo-Beth-Amy-Matters/dp/0393357279/
Louisa May Alcott credits {50+ items since 1917} at Internet Movie Database
If you count movie and TV and stage adaptations, Little Women has been recreated at least 20 times: the novel inspired major film versions in 1917, 1919, 1933, 1946, 1949 (color), 1978, 1994, 2018, and 2019; it also inspired television series in 1950, 1958, 1978, and 2017; there were anime versions in 1981 and 1987, and an opera in 1998.
"Little Women" silent feature [1917]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219883/
"Little Women" silent feature [Paramount-Artcraft/Famous-Lasky Nov 1918]
 | Location filming at Concord, Massachusetts; 60-minute b&w silent feature film • Produced by William A. Brady; directed by Harley Knoles; scenario by Anne Maxwell; starring Isabel Lamon, Dorothy Bernard, Lillian Hall, Florence Flinn, Henry Hull, Conrad Nagel, Kate Lester, George Kelson, Julia Hurley, Lynn Hammond, Nellie Anderson, Frank DeVernon
The Film Detective b&w DVD [8/2015] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
"Little Women" b&w sound feature [Nov 1933]
Directed by George Cukor; starring
Katharine Hepburn,
Joan Bennett,
Jean Parker,
Frances Dee,
Paul Lukas,
Edna May Oliver,
Douglass Montgomery,
Spring Byington
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024264/
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68NFmQf5d4c 3.01
"Little Women" (1939) (TV Movie) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1492963/
"Little Women" (1946) (TV Movie) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309802/
"Little Women" color feature [April 1949]
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy; starring
June Allyson,
Peter Lawford,
Margaret O'Brien,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Janet Leigh,
Mary Astor,
Rossano Brazzi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041594/
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k7WUCIr16g 2.15
"Little Women" [13 March 1950] episode of "Lux Radio Theatre" - 59:48
http://www.archive.org/details/Lux_Radio_Theatre_Digitally_Restored_Collection/50-03-13LittleWomenjuneAllyson--margaretObrien--peterLawford.mp3
"Little Women" [CBS-TV Dec 1949] /tt0581365/
Season 2, Episode 6 of "The Ford Theatre Hour" TV series [1948-51]
"Little Women" (1950) (TV Series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259784/
"Little Women" [Dec 1955] /tt5163842/
Season 4, Episode 7 of the "Encounter" CBC/ABC TV series [1952-61]
"Little Women" [NBC-TV Dec 1956] /tt1413137/
Season 2, Episode 71 of "Matinee Theatre" TV series [1955-58]
"Xiao fu ren aka "Little Women" [Hong Kong Sept 1957] /tt0207835/ = bare
"Little Women" 6-episode TV mini-series [4/1958] /tt0259785/
"Little Women" musical TV special [CBS-TV Oct 1958]
 | Exec produced by David Susskind; directed by William Corrigan; adapted by Wilson Lehr; music by Richard Adler; starring Zina Bethune, Jeannie Carson, Joel Grey, Bill Hayes, Florence Henderson, Jock MacGregor, Margaret O'Brien, Jane Rose, Risë Stevens, Roland Winters •
credits at IMDb
Flare Records soundtrack CD [4/2009] 20 tracks for $12.86 |
"Little Women" [NBC-TV May 1969] /tt1357868/
episode of "NBC Children's Theatre" TV series [1963-73]
"Die Weibchen (The Little Women)" [West Germany 1970] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066554/
"Little Women" 9-episode TV mini-series [BBC-TV Oct-Dec 1970] /tt0168962/
"Little Women" 2-part TV mini-series [1978]
starring
Meredith Baxter,
Susan Dey,
Ann Dusenberry,
Eve Plumb,
Dorothy McGuire,
Greer Garson,
Robert Young,
Richard Gilliland
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078643/
"Little Women" [Dec 1976] /tt1293998/
Season 2, Episode 3 of NBC Special Treat (1975–1986)
ballet version produced by George A. Heinemann, directed by Sid Smith, teleplay by June Reig
"Little Women" TV series [NBC-TV Feb 1979] /tt11112452/
based on the 2-part 1978 TV movie, cancelled after 4 episodes
"Little Women's Four Sisters (Wakakusa monogatari)" animated TV Series [Toei Animation 1981] /tt0300877/
26 half-hour episodes directed by Kazuya Miyazaki, written by Eiichi Imado
"Little Women (Ai no wakakusa monogatari)" animated TV Series [Nippon Animation/Fuji TV Jan 1987] /tt0168283/
48 half-hour episodes directed by Fumio Kurokawa, written by Akira Miyazaki
"Little Women II: Jo's Boys (Wakakusa monogatari nan to Jô sensei)" animated TV series [Nippon Animation/Fuji TV 1993-94] /tt0168435/
40 half-hour episodes based on "Little Men"; directed by Kôzô Kusuba, written by Michiru Shimada
"Little Women Forever (Por Siempre Mujercitas)" telenovela [Canal 9 Libertad Argentina 1995–2004] /tt0227942/
365 hour-long episodes; supporting actress Carina Zampini won the Premio Martín Fierro in 1996
"Little Women: The Opera" by Mark Adamo [P.B.S. March 2001] on the "Great Performances" TV series
see detail opera entry below
"Küçük Kadinlar (Little Women)" TV Series [Republic of Türkiye 2008]
season 1 is 24 episodes, season 3 lists episode 96 • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1282336/
"Little Women: L.A." 142-episode reality/soap opera-TV series [Lifetime 2014–2019] starring five female dwarfs /tt3761278/
http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/little-women-la
"Little Women: N.Y." 17-episode reality/soap opera-TV series [Lifetime March 2015] (TV Series) /tt4504418/
continues the story of Lila Call from the L.A. show, along with four other female dwarfs
http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/little-women-ny
"Little Women: Terra's Little Family" 38-episode TV series [2015-2016] /tt4601288/
dwarf Terra Jole, from "Little Women LA", documents her first pregnancy with her daughter
"Little Women: Dallas" 23-episode reality/soap opera-TV series [Lifetime 2016-2017] starring six female dwarfs /tt6306584/
http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/little-women-dallas
"Little Women: Atlanta" 78-episode reality/soap opera-TV series [Lifetime 2016-2019] starring seven female dwarfs /tt5690880/
http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/little-women-atlanta
"Little Women: LA - Little Talk" possible webcast [2017] /tt6951560/ = bare
"Little Women" [Dreamscape Kids Feb 2018]
 | 11-minute color animated short directed by Andy T. Jones
credits not found at IMDb • DVD/Blu-ray not yet available Amazon Instant Video [2/2018] promoted as FREE with subscription to Dreamscape Kids |
"Masterpiece Theatre: Little Women" 3-part TV mini-series
[BBC-TV Dec 2017, P.B.S. USA May 2018]
 | 3-part TV mini-series filmed in Ireland • Co-produced & written by Heidi Thomas; directed by Vanessa Caswill; starring Maya Hawke, Kathryn Newton, Dylan Baker, Willa Fitzgerald, Annes Elwy, Emily Watson, Julian Morris, Jonah Hauer-King, Eleanor Methven, Michael Gambon, Angela Lansbury, Nelly Henrion, Mark Stanley
P.B.S. Direct widescreen color Blu-ray [5/2018] for $17.99 P.B.S. Direct widescreen color DVD [5/2018] for $17.92 series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia watch 2/2018 official trailer [0:30] online at YouTube "The World of Little Women" [2018] 'Filming of ...' docushort - not listed at IMDb watch full 4/2018 docushort [4:36] online at YouTube |
"Little Women" feature film [Pinnacle Peak/Pure Flix Sept 2018]
 | Announced 4/2017: Lea Thompson signed on to star as Marmee in a modern adaptation of Louise May Alcott's classic 1868 novel "Little Women" • Co-written & directed by Clare Niederpruem; co-produced & co-written by Kristi Shimek; starring Lea Thompson, Sarah Davenport, Allie Jennings, Melanie Stone, Elise Jones, Lucas Grabeel, Taylor Murphy, Ian Bohen, Bart Johnson, Barta Heiner, Stuart Edge, Michael Flynn, Aimee Lynne Johnson, Claire Covey, Reese Oliveira, James Rocco Celeste, Paris Warner, Madeline Thatcher, Tyke James, Chris Clark, Joel Michaely, Mark Niederpruem, Adam Johnson, Jake Suazo, Orlando Seale, Isabella Jarque, Kiana Bretschneider, Jane Miller
Universal Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [12/2018] for $12.02 full credits at IMDb • official movie website • watch 9/2018 official trailer [2:17] online at YouTube |
"Little Women" [Sony/Columbia Dec 2019] 
 | The eighth film version of Alcott's 1868 novel; story as adapted by writer-director Greta Gerwig focuses on their adult lives, with flashbacks • Co-produced by Denise Di Novi, Arnon Milchan, Amy Pascal, and others; music by Alexandre Desplat; starring Saoirse Ronan {as Jo March}, Emma Watson {as Meg March}, Florence Pugh {as Amy March}, Eliza Scanlen {as Beth March}, Laura Dern {as Marmee March}, Meryl Streep {as Aunt March}, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Chris Cooper, Jayne Houdyshell, Mason Alban, Rafael Silva, Emily Edström, Maryann Plunkett, Hadley Robinson, Lonnie Farmer, Charlotte Kinder, Ana Kayne, Edgar Damatian, Erin Rose, Lizzie Short, Dash Barber, Edward Fletcher, Sasha Frolova, David J. Curtis, Harper Pilat, Eowyn Young, Lucy Austin, Bill Mootos, Lewis D. Wheeler, Jen Nikolaisen, Jonathon Acorn, Abby Quinn, Lilly Englert, J.M. Davis, Tom Kemp, Daniel Shea, Anthony Estrella, Adrianne Krstansky, Sophia Gialloreto, Lily Gavin, Finola Weller Baldet; winner AFI Awards Movie of the Year, 2020
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site • watch 8/2019 official trailer [2:43] at YouTube watch 12/2019 "Little Women Cast Live Q&A with People TV" [37:36] at YouTube |
"Little Women" TV movie [in development - 2020?] /tt5468484/
"Little Men: Life At Plumfield With Jo's Boys" [1871] - written while in Rome, Italy
"Little Men" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures Nov 1940] /tt0032717/
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod; starring Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft, Jimmy Lydon
watch full b&w movie [9/2012 upload; 1:23:04] online at YouTube
"Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out: A Sequel To Little Men" [1886]
"Jo: A Graphic Novel" [will be released on September 22, 2020] by Kathleen Gros
http://www.amazon.com/Jo-Graphic-Novel-Kathleen-Gros-ebook/dp/B0831QNYBM/
Stageplays, Movies, Other Media
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 | "Comic Tragedies" [Roberts Brothers, Boston 1893] co-authored by Louisa May Alcott & sister Anna Alcott Pratt book includes six stageplays written and performed by the Alcott sisters and mentioned in "Little Women": "Norna: or, The Witch's Curse"; "Captive of Castile: or, The Moorish Maiden's Vow"; "The Greek Slave"; "Ion"; "Bianca: An Operatic Tragedy"; and "The Unloved Wife: or, A Woman's Faith" Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [1/2018] for $1.89 Kindle Edition from Start Publng/Simon & Schuster Digital [3/2013] for $1.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [6/2016] for $4.10 S.M.K. Books 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2018] for $14.99 |
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Louisa May Alcott credits at Internet Broadway Database
five Broadway productions of "Little Women": 1916-17, Dec 1931, Dec 1944, 1945-46, Jan-May 2005 musical
 | "Little Women: A Comedy in Four Acts" Broadway stageplay [1911] by Marian de Forest [1864-1935] Kindle Edition from HardPress Publng [8/2014] for $7.55 Read Books 7x5 pb [1/2008] for $7.95 Sagwan Press 9¼x6 hardcover [8/2015] for $23.95 |
  | "Little Women" Broadway musical [Jan-May 2005] Ran at the Virginia Theatre in New York City from January to May in 2005 for 55 previews & 137 performances; book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, musical director Andrew Wilder; directed by Susan H. Schulman; choreography by Michael Lichtefeld; starring Sutton Foster, Maureen McGovern, Janet Carroll, Danny Gurwin, John Hickok, Amy McAlexander, Megan McGinnis, Jenny Powers, Robert Stattel, Jim Weitzer production credits at Internet Broadway Database • stageplay entry at Wikipedia Ghostlight Records original cast CD [5/2005] 20-tracks - out of prodn/used Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records MP-3 original cast album download [10/2017] for $11.43 |
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  | "The Little Women Play: A Two-Act, Forty-Five Minute Play" [Little, Brown & Co. 1900] by Elizabeth Lincoln Gould, Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2014] for 99¢ Literary Licensing, LLC 9x6 pb [8/2014] for $23.95 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [5/2010] for $34.95 "The Little Men Play: A Two-Act, Forty-Five Minute Play" [Little, Brown & Co. 1900] by Elizabeth Lincoln Gould, Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch Leopold Classic Library 11x8½ pb [8/2015] for $11.95 Wentworth Press 9¼x6 hardcover [3/2019] for $22.95 |
"Little Women: An Operetta in Three Acts" [1940]
by Music) Alcott, Louisa M. (Frederick Howard, Lyrics) (Geoffrey O'Hara (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Women-Vocal-Libretto-Operetta/dp/B002JZ361Y/
New York, NY Samuel French; 1st edition (1940) Vocal Score and Libretto
"Jo: A Musical Play in Two Acts" [1964] - based on Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"
by Don Parks and William Dyer
http://www.amazon.com/Jo-Musical-Louisa-Alcotts-Little/dp/B000DZTA6C/
 | "Little Women Play (Acting Edition)" [1986] by Peter Clapham Samuel French, Ltd 8½x5½ pb [8/2010] for $12.95 Samuel French, Ltd pb [9/86] for $18.23 |
"Louisa's Little Women" [1995] a stage adaptation by Scott Lynch-Giddings & his wife Beth Lynch
http://www.histage.com/beth-lynch-and-scott-lynch-giddings
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-12-01-9512010345-story.html
"Little Women: A Musical Play" [2005] by Linda Daugherty and B. Wolf
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Women-Musical-Linda-Daugherty/dp/1583426965/
 | Little Women: A Classic Family Musical [2018] Performed Nov-Dec 2018 at Chemainus Theatre Festival, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada; book & lyrics by Mark Dumez, music & lyrics by Jim Hodgkinson, directed by Julie McIsaac Chemainus Theatre Past Shows photo gallery for 'Little Women' |
"My Jo" [1/2019] musical by Rob Lauer, Rick Rea
http://www.amazon.com/My-Jo-Rob-Lauer/dp/194625973X/
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"Little Women: The Play - A Faithful Adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Novel For The Theater" [2019] by Kevin M. Cunningham
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [12/2019] for $3.99 Monko Media 8x5¼ pb [12/2019] for $7.95 |
"Little Women: An Opera in Two Acts" [1998] by Mark Adamo
 | Commissioned by the Opera Studio of Houston Grand Opera from American composer Mark Adamo; first performed at H.G.O. in March 1998; N.P.R. radio broadcast September 1998; full performance world premiere in March 2000; U.S. TV premiere in August 2001
Mark Adamo entry at Wikipedia • opera entry at Wikipedia full recording culled from H.G.O. performances in 2000: Ondine audio CD [8/2001] for $48.93 performed at Canada's McGill University in November 2015 watch 11/2015 official McGill promo [3:08] online at YouTube |
 | "Little Women: The Opera" [P.B.S. March 2001] Season 29, Episode 16 of the "Great Performances" TV series [since 1971] Directed by Brian Large; written by Mark Adamo; hosted by Corey Large; starring Stephanie Novacek, Chad Shelton, Margaret Lloyd, Stacey Tappan, Joyce DiDonato, Gwendolyn Jones, Daniel Belcher, James Maddalena, Katherine Ciesinski, Derrick Parker, Chen-Ye Yuan • full credits at IMDb Naxos Video widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2010] for $12.83 Naxos Video widescreen color DVD [10/2010] for $4.98 |
 | "Little Women: An Opera in Two Acts" music/libretto [1998] by Mark Adamo libretto: G. Schirmer's Librettos 10½x6¾ pb [8/2001] for $9.95 piano/vocal: G. Schirmer 12x9 pb [12/2001] for $60.51 {sic} |
 | "Little Women" [13 March 1950] episode of "Lux Radio Theatre" Hosted by producer William Keeling; starring June Allyson, Margaret O'Brien, Peter Lawford & Janet Leigh listen to audio recording [12/2018 upload; 59:48] online at Internet Archive |
author Louisa May Alcott [1832-88]
Louisa May Alcott entry at Wikipedia
browse books at Louisa May Alcott Store {returns 480+ items} at Amazon
Louisa May Alcott credits {50+ items since 1917} at Internet Movie Database
Louisa May Alcott credits at Internet Broadway Database
on the Louisa May Alcott [1832-88] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
top of page • short profile • Little Women / Little Men • other novels • short stories • other works •
works about Louisa May Alcott • movies, plays, other media • image gallery • family & friends • links
 | "Louisa May Alcott: A Biography" [1950] by Madeleine B. Stern with seven b&w photographs Northeastern Univ Press pb [8/99] for $35.00 Random House 8½x5¾ pb [4/96] out of print/used Univ Oklahoma Press 8¼x5¾ pb [3/85] out of print/used Univ Oklahoma Press hardcover [1971] out of print/used Peter Nevill Publng hardcover [1952] out of print/used Univ Oklahoma Press hardcover [1950] out of print/used |
"A Hunger For Home: Louisa May Alcott and Little Women" [Temple UP, 3/1984] by Sarah Elbert
http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Home-Louisa-Alcott-Little/dp/0877223173/
"The Louisa May Alcott Encyclopedia" [Greenwood Press, 2001] Edited by Gregory Eiselein & Anne K. Phillips ISBN 0-313-30896-9
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"Louisa May Alcott: The Contemporary Reviews" [2004] Edited by Beverly Lyon Clark
Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [2004 edition] for $37.40 {sic} Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [4/2011] for $39.37 Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $162.86 {sic} |
"Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography" [Simon & Schuster, 2010] by Susan Cheever
http://www.amazon.com/Louisa-May-Alcott-Personal-Biography/dp/1416569928/
http://www.amazon.com/Louisa-May-Alcott-Personal-Biography/dp/141656991X/
Image Gallery
L i n k s
Louisa May Alcott entry at Wikipedia
browse books at Louisa May Alcott Store {returns 480+ items} at Amazon
Louisa May Alcott credits {50+ items since 1917} at Internet Movie Database
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