The Women (play)

This article is about the Broadway play. For the 1939 film based on it, see The Women (1939 film). For the 2008 film adaptation, see The Women (2008 film). For the 2017 Nigerian thriller, which is not related to the play, see The Women (2017 film).
The Women
Random House 1937, First edition cover[1]
Written byClare Boothe Luce
Characters
  • Mary (Mrs. Haines)
  • Crystal Allen
  • Sylvia (Mrs. Fowler)
  • Peggy (Mrs. Day)
  • Nancy Blake
  • Edith (Mrs. Potter)
  • Mrs. Morehead
  • Countess De Lage
Date premieredDecember 26, 1936 (1936-12-26)
Place premieredEthel Barrymore Theatre
Series
GenreComedy of manners
SettingNew York and Reno

The Women is a 1936 American play, a comedy of manners by Clare Boothe Luce. Only women comprise the cast.

The original Broadway production, directed by Robert B. Sinclair, opened on December 26, 1936, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it ran for 657 performances with an all-female cast that included Margalo Gillmore, Ilka Chase, Betty Lawford, Jessie Busley, Phyllis Povah, Marjorie Main, and Arlene Francis.[2][3]

  1. ^ Luce, Clare Boothe (1937). "The Women".
  2. ^ "The Women". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Malcolm (2007). "The Women". The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, Volume 2. Columbia University Press. p. 1489. ISBN 978-0-231-14032-4.