Poets & Writers Theater

“That’s the thing about writing. It’s about sitting with the problem.” In this Behind the Curtain video, screenwriter and director Greta Gerwig talks about adapting Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women into a film and the challenges of the writing process.

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s classic coming-of-age novel, has been adapted into a feature film directed by Greta Gerwig. The story takes place in the years following the American Civil War and revolves around the March sisters played by Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, Eliza Scanlen, and Emma Watson.

Louisa May Alcott’s classic 1869 novel Little Women has been adapted into a new television miniseries for BBC One and Masterpiece on PBS. Directed by Vanessa Caswill, the series stars Dylan Baker, Annes Elwy, Willa Fitzgerald, Angela Lansbury, Maya Thurman-Hawke, and Emily Watson.

“When you think about all her heroines who struggled to curb their temperament and discipline themselves, you get a sense of the writer herself.” Directed by Nancy Porter, this film biography from PBS's American Masters series, offers an intimate portrait of Louisa May Alcott and the influence her novel Little Women continues to have across cultures and generations.