Origin
Sign In My Cart
Search
alphabetical author index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Little Women (stage version)

"I have to write. That's what I am. My sister Meg is beautiful, my sister Beth is good, my sister Amy is, well, she is what she is, but I'm the writer of the family. What shall I do?"

More information

Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama, Adaptations (Literature)

  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Christmas Eve, 1862. With their father away on the frontline of the American Civil War, the four March sisters -- Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy -- journey into adulthood, each determined to pursue a life on their own terms. But growing up means contending with love and loss, as well as the myriad twists of fortune that shape a life. 

Published in 1868, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was an immediate critical and commercial success, and remains one of the best-loved novels of all time.

This joyful and spirited adaptation was first produced at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Watford Palace Theatre in 2022, directed by Brigid Larmour. An earlier version was staged at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in 2011.

It provides rich opportunities for any amateur company looking for an uplifting version of a classic story that's guaranteed to delight audiences. 
REVIEWS:

"Stylish, humorous and compassionate, this is a lovingly crafted adaptation of an American classic... re-establishes the book's evergreen credentials... a clean, crisp, faithfully episodic adaptation that successfully evokes both the love and the tensions between the four sisters."

 Daily Telegraph

"Anne-Marie Casey's adaptation is pacey and full of life, trimming lots of the story's fat and focusing on key characters and incidents so as to keep things moving in only two hours of action."

 WhatsOnStage

"A loving staging of the story... both wholesome and exhortatory... Casey bottles the story's magic, which sweeps us from the trials of the Civil War to the buzz of New York... charming."

 Daily Mail

Premiere Production: Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 2022.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 6F
  • Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers

Available Material

Name Price
Little Women (stage version) Script This is optional. Order Now

Christmas Eve, 1862. With their father away on the frontline of the American Civil War, the four March sisters -- Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy -- journey into adulthood, each determined to pursue a life on their own terms. But growing up means contending with love and loss, as well as the myriad twists of fortune that shape a life. 

Published in 1868, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was an immediate critical and commercial success, and remains one of the best-loved novels of all time.

This joyful and spirited adaptation was first produced at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Watford Palace Theatre in 2022, directed by Brigid Larmour. An earlier version was staged at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in 2011.

It provides rich opportunities for any amateur company looking for an uplifting version of a classic story that's guaranteed to delight audiences. 

$24.95

Related Works