Heimberg, Martha (July 21, 2019). "TheaterJones | FIT Review: Jo & Louisa | Festival of Independent Theatres". TheaterJones.com . Retrieved September 26, 2019. Frank Vaughan – Fred's twin brother, mentioned a few times in the novel. When Fred and Amy are both traveling in Europe, Fred leaves because he hears his twin is ill. Little Men takes place at the school Jo founded with her husband, Frederich, in Aunt March’s old mansion. Jo’s sons attend the school, as do Meg’s two children, Amy’s daughter, and many orphans. Cheney, Ednah Dow, ed. (1889). Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals. Boston: Applewood Books. p.190. ISBN 978-1-4290-4460-8. Gillian Armstrong directed a 1994 adaptation, starring Winona Ryder as Jo, Trini Alvarado as Meg, Samantha Mathis and Kirsten Dunst as Amy, and Claire Danes as Beth. The film received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress for Ryder. [ citation needed]

May and Mrs. Chester – A well-to-do family with whom the Marches are acquainted. May Chester is a girl about Amy's age, who is rich and jealous of Amy's popularity and talent. Margaret "Marmee" March – The girls' mother and head of household while her husband is away. She engages in charitable works and lovingly guides her girls' morals and their characters. She once confesses to Jo that her temper is as volatile as Jo's, but that she has learned to control it. [25] :130 Somewhat modeled after the author's own mother, she is the focus around which the girls' lives unfold as they grow. [25] :2 Griffel, Margaret Rose (2013). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p.279. ISBN 9780810883253. Acocella, Joan (August 20, 2018). "How "Little Women" Got Big". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X . Retrieved February 25, 2019.

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Marisha Chamberlain [52] [53] and June Lowery [54] have both adapted the novel as a full-length play; the latter play was staged in Luxembourg in 2014.

But Little Women's final twist is so subtle—and so intertwined with the mythology of Little Women—that it’s easy to overlook. However, Gerwig’s radical meta-twist is precisely what makes her adaptation of Little Women so special.Alcott's Jo also made professional writing imaginable for generations of women. Writers as diverse as Maxine Hong Kingston, Margaret Atwood, and J.K. Rowling have noted the influence of Jo March on their artistic development. Even other fictional portraits of young women aspiring to authorship often reference Jo March. [48] There was another musical version, entitled "Jo", with music by William Dyer and book and lyrics by Don Parks & William Dyer, which was produced off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre. It ran for 63 performances from February 12, 1964, to April 5, 1964. It featured Karin Wolfe (Jo), Susan Browning (Meg), Judith McCauley (Beth), April Shawhan (Amy), Don Stewart (Laurie), Joy Hodges (Marmee), Lowell Harris (John Brooke) and Mimi Randolph (Aunt March). The two sequences play out side-by-side. First, there’s a rosy picture of domestic bliss, with Jo opening a school on Aunt March’s old mansion surrounded by her husband and family.

Laurie travels to Europe with his grandfather to escape his heartbreak. At home, Beth's health has seriously deteriorated. Jo devotes her time to the care of her dying sister. Laurie encounters Amy in Europe, and he slowly falls in love with her as he begins to see her in a new light. She is unimpressed by the aimless, idle, and forlorn attitude he has adopted since being rejected by Jo, and inspires him to find his purpose and do something worthwhile with his life. With the news of Beth's death, they meet for consolation and their romance grows. Amy's aunt will not allow Amy to return unchaperoned with Laurie and his grandfather, so they marry before returning home from Europe.The principal character, Jo, 15 years old at the beginning of the book, is a strong and willful young woman, struggling to subdue her fiery temper and stubborn personality. [16] [17]