![]() ![]() March, who is serving as a chaplain with the Union Army Julian Morris ( Mark Felt) as John Brooke, Laurie’s cultured and handsome tutor and Mark Stanley ( Star Wars: The Force Awakens) as the charming Professor Bhaer.Ī celebration of family as much as it is a recognition of the challenges of growing up and forging an individual identity, Little Women remains relevant due to the universal themes at its core. The March sisters-the “little women” of the title-feature newcomer Maya Hawke as the willful and adventurous Jo Willa Fitzgerald ( Scream: The TV Series) as the eldest and most virtuous, Meg Annes Elwy (King Arthur: Excalibur Rising) as the shy sister, Beth and Kathryn Newton ( Big Little Lies) as Amy, the youngest of the family.Īlso appearing are Jonah Hauer-King ( Howards End) as Laurie, the loveable boy next door Dylan Baker ( The Good Wife) as Mr. Laurence and Academy Award® winner Angela Lansbury ( Murder, She Wrote, The Manchurian Candidate) as the March family matriarch, Aunt March. ![]() Heading the cast are Academy Award® nominee Emily Watson ( The Theory of Everything, Hilary and Jackie) as Marmee, the devoted mother of the four adolescent March girls Michael Gambon ( Churchill’s Secret, Page Eight) as Mr. Laurence, Little Women is a coming-of-age story that is as relevant and engaging today as it was on its original publication in 1868. Accompanied by the charming boy next door Laurie Laurence, their cantankerous wealthy Aunt March and benevolent neighbor Mr. Under the guidance of their mother Marmee, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss and marriage. Set against the backdrop of a country divided, the story follows the four March sisters on their journey from childhood to adulthood while their father is away at war. ![]() There could be no better time to revisit the story of a family striving for happiness in an uncertain world.” “Its humanity, humor, and tenderness never date, and as a study of love, grief, and growing up it has no equal. “ Little Women is one of the most-loved novels in the English language, and with good reason,” says writer and executive producer Thomas. MASTERPIECE is presented on PBS by WGBH Boston. Little Women is a Playground production for BBC and MASTERPIECE. Top row, left to right: Willa Fitzgerald as Meg, Kathryn Newton as Amy, Annes Elwy as Beth Bottom row: Maya Hawke as Jo They are the March sisters of Concord, Massachusetts during the Civil War, created by Louisa May Alcott in her timeless novel Little Women and now brought to life in a MASTERPIECE/BBC coproduction.įrom Colin Callender’s Playground, the Golden Globe®-winning producer of Wolf Hall, adapted by the award-winning creator of Call the Midwife, Heidi Thomas ( Cranford, Upstairs Downstairs), and directed by Vanessa Caswill ( Thirteen), the three-part drama airs in it’s entirety on Sunday, August 27 from 8:00 pm until 11:00 pm on MASTERPIECE on PBS. Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy-there are few more iconic names in American literature. See the entire series, Sunday, August 27 beginning at 8 pm With four exciting young actresses in an adaptation by Heidi Thomas of Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age classic MASTERPIECE on PBS Binge Louisa May Alcott’s story with all three episodes of “Little Women” on MASTERPIECE, August 27 starting at 8 pmĪ television adaptation of America’s best-loved novel.Įmily Watson, Michael Gambon and Angela Lansbury Star ![]()
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