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Little women / a Playground production for BBC and Masterpiece ; written by Heidi Thomas ; directed by Vanessa Caswill ; produced by Susie Liggat, Colin Callender, Sophie Gardiner.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.
Caswill, Vanessa, television director.
Thomas, Heidi, 1962- screenwriter.
Liggat, Susie, television producer.
Callender, Colin, television producer.
Gardiner, Sophie, television producer.
Watson, Emily, 1967- actor.
Hawke, Maya, actor.
Fitzgerald, Willa, actor.
Elwy, Annes, actor.
Gambon, Michael, actor.
Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022, actor.
McGrail, Piers, director of photography.
Earl, Stuart (Composer), composer (expression).
BBC Films, production company.
Playground Productions, production company.
PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Drama.
United States.
History.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888--Television adaptations.
Alcott, Louisa May.
Sisters--Drama.
Sisters.
Young women--Drama.
Young women.
Mothers and daughters--Drama.
Mothers and daughters.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Local Subjects:
Young women--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
History.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs for hard of hearing people.
Coming-of-age television programs.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
[Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2018]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (16x9 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 (incorrectly listed as 5.1 surround on container).
digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1
widescreen
DVD NTSC
video file DVD video region 1
Summary:
Dramatisation of Louisa May Alcott's novel about the lives of the four March sisters during the American Civil War as they learn to navigate love, loss and the trials of growing up.
Participant:
Emily Watson, Maya Hawke, Willa Fitzgerald, Kathryn Newton, Annes Elwy, Jonah Haeur-King, Julian Morris, Dylan Baker, Michael Gambon, Angela Lansbury.
Credits:
Music, Stuart Earl; director of photography, Piers McGrail; editors, Matthew Tabern, Hazel Baillie.
Notes:
Title from opening credits and container.
Based on Little women / by Louisa May Alcott.
Videodisc release of the television mini-series on the program "Masterpiece" on the PBS network in May 2018.
Bonus features: Little women : becoming a woman, then and now; Little women : creating the world of Little women; Visit Orchard House : where Lousia May Alcott wrote Little women.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.
Contains:
Little women (Television mini-series)
ISBN:
9781531704438
1531704433
OCLC:
1030917005
Publisher Number:
841887036160
00841887036160 gtin-14
MS61705 PBS Distribution

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