Little Women

Little Women is a novel by Louisa May Alcott published on September 30, 1868, concerning the lives and loves of four sisters (from oldest to youngest: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy) growing up during the American Civil War. It was based on her own experiences as a child in Concord, MA. After much demand, Louisa May Alcott wrote a sequel, Good Wives, which was published in 1869 and is often published together with Little Women. Later she wrote Little Men and Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out which followed the lives of the girls' children.

Notable Film and Television Adaptations

• 1994: Little Women, starring Susan Sarandon as Marmee March, Winona Ryder as Josephine 'Jo' March, Kirsten Dunst as the younger Amy March and Claire Danes as Elizabeth 'Beth' March.
• 1978: Little Women, starring Meredith Baxter as Meg March, Susan Dey as Josephine 'Jo' March, Eve Plumb as Elizabeth 'Beth' March, William Shatner as Friedrich Bhaer, Greer Garson as Aunt March and Robert Young as Grandpa James Lawrence.
• 1949: Little Women, starring Elizabeth Taylor as Amy March, June Allyson as Josephine 'Jo' March, Janet Leigh as Margaret 'Meg' March/Brooke, Mary Astor as Marmee March and Peter Lawford as Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence.
• 1933: Little Women, with Katharine Hepburn as Josephine 'Jo' March.

Additional versions appeared in 1917, 1918, 1946,1948, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1979, and 2001. In 1987 the Japanese animation studio "Nippon Animation" did an anime adaptation titled "Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari".

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In 1998, on a commission from the Houston Grand Opera, the book was adapted as an opera by composer Mark Adamo.

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1998 - Houston Grand Opera - Opera - Mark Adamo

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In January 2005, a Broadway musical adapted from the book opened at the Virginia Theatre in New York City with book by Allan Knee, score by Jason Howland and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein.

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January - 2005 - Broadway - Virginia Theatre - New York City - Allan Knee - Jason Howland - Mindi Dickstein

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