Little Women at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast
LITTLE WOMEN by Louis May Alcott directed by Emily Foran at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast on the 7 th February 2024 Marty Breen, Maura Campbell, Maura Bird and Tara Cush in Little Women The main theme of Little Women is stated at the beginning of this adapted version of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel, “men have to work and women have to marry for money.” It seems that Little Women will be a story in the Jane Austen mould, but this is not to be. The narrative is overshadowed by the events of the American Civil War. The head of the family, Mr March, has gone to the front to serve as a chaplain in the Union army. Details of tumultuous battles like Bull Run, fought in Virginia, emerge, but the war hardly impinges on the lives of the four March sisters, Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg and their mother Abigail. The story concerns the upbringing and development of young women, their quest for individuality, fulfilment, and independence. Marty Breen in Little Women at the Lyric Theatre, B