Uncommon Women and Others
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| Uncommon Women and Others | |
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| Written by | Wendy Wasserstein |
| Characters | Leilah Rita Altabel Kate Quin Muffet DiNicola Samantha Stewart Holly Kaplan Mrs. Plumm Susie Friend Carter Narrator (voice) |
| Setting | A restaurant in 1978 and Mount Holyoke College in 1972-1973 |
Uncommon Women and Others (1977), is the first play by noted 20th century American playwright Wendy Wasserstein.
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[edit] 1977 Off-Broadway debut
The play was first performed Off-Broadway on 21 November 1977 and was directed by Steven Robman. It was performed at the Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York.
[edit] Cast
- Glenn Close - Leilah
- Swoosie Kurtz - Rita Altabel
- Jill Eikenberry - Kate Quin
- Ellen Parker - Muffet DiNicola
- Ann McDonough - Samantha Stewart
- Alma Cuervo - Holly Kaplan
- Josephine Nicholas - Mrs. Plumm
- Cynthia Herman - Susie Friend
- Anna Levine - Carter
- Alexander Scourby - Narrator (voice)
[edit] Plot summary
Alumnae of Mount Holyoke College (Wasserstein's alma mater) meet for lunch one day in 1978 and talk about their time together in college. The play is thus a series of flashbacks to the 1972-1973 school year as seven seniors and one freshman try to "discover themselves" in the wake of second-wave feminism.
[edit] Film
See: Uncommon Women and Others (1978 Television).
[edit] References
- Wasserstein, Wendy. The Heidi Chronicles, Uncommon Women and Others, & Isn't It Romantic. New York: Vintage, 1990.
- Wasserstein, Wendy.Uncommon Women and Others - google books
[edit] External links
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