Uncommon Women And Others (TV Film)
''Uncommon Women and Others'' is a 1978 made-for-television film (based upon the Uncommon Women and Others, play of the same name. Wendy Wasserstein wrote both the original play as well as the teleplay for the televised production. It was shown in May, 1978 as part of the Great Performances series on PBS. It was directed by Steven Robman and included all of the original cast from the 1977 Off-Broadway debut (with the exception of Glenn Close who was replaced by Meryl Streep). 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 eight seniors and one freshman try to "discover themselves" in the wake of second-wave feminism. Cast *Meryl Streep - Leilah *Swoosie Kurtz - Rita Altabel *Jill Eikenberry - Kate Quin *Ellen Parker (actor), Ellen Parker - Muffet DiNicola *Ann McDonough - Samantha Stewart *Alma Cuervo - ...
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Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play ''The Heidi Chronicles''. Biography Early years Wasserstein was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the daughter of Morris Wasserstein, a wealthy textile executive, and his wife, Lola (née Liska) Schleifer, who moved to the United States from Poland when her father was accused of being a spy."Wendy Wasserstein"
jwa.org, accessed June 29, 2014 Wasserstein "once described her mother as being like ''". Lola Wasserstein reportedly inspired some of ...
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