Louisa May Alcott's Little Women
Lauren Gunderson
Hope for Breakfast
by Marisha Chamberlain
Synopsis
Hope for Breakfast intertwines the beloved story of Little Women with what actually went on in the family life of the novel's author, Louisa May Alcott.
Living in the intellectual hub of Massachusetts, circa 1840, young Louisa strives to keep her family together and safe from starvation, despite the harebrained schemes of her father, the Transcendentalist philosopher Bronson Alcott, who has sworn off working for money.
At points of unbearable tension, Louisa retreats to an imaginary world -- the harmonious family life of her novel, Little Women -- whose publication ultimately leads to a precipitous and ironic rise in her real family's fortunes.
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Publisher Playscripts
Hope for Breakfast is a play written by Marisha Chamberlain and published by Playscripts .
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