Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women," leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, an identity that remains until the 1940s.
Acting
Elizabeth Marvel's reenactments bring Louisa's biting wit to life.
Production
Thoughtful integration of Alcott's actual letters and lurid pulp fiction.
Director
Nancy Porter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A.M. Barnard's blood-and-thunder tales featured drug addiction, incest, and cross-dressing villains—basically everything 'Little Women' wasn't.
The 1940s discovery of Barnard's identity forced scholars to rewrite Alcott entirely, proving we love our women writers either virtuous or forgotten, never both.
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