"I Hate Men! Men are Awful!"

The Women is over. Here are the pictures I told you I would post. There were a lot, so I am only doing one picture per scene. Above is the cast picture. That will be about 12 pictures. I'll give you a little description of what is going on in the picture too, for those of you who couldn't make it out to see it. It was really, really good. I miss everyone. :(


Here is where Sylvia shows Mary her new nail polish and tells her where to get it. Surely, Mary will go get hers done, too, and find out the awful truth about her husband! Sylvia:"It's called Jungle Red." Nancy: "Just the thing for tearing your friends apart!"

Nancy just gave Mary her new book and has told her that she is heading off to Africa. After telling Nancy goodbye and that she will miss her, Nancy replies, "Oh, I doubt it, Honey. Practically nobody ever misses a clever woman." This is before the manicurist (not knowing who she is), tells Mary her husband is having an affair with her friend Crystal.

After learning the devistating truth about her husband, Mary calls her mother. For some advice. Mary doesn't like her mother's advice. She tells her to do nothing. "Listen dear, this is not a new stroy. It comes to most wives." She also tells her not to confide in her girlfriends, and that they are going to go to Bermuda together. "There's nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife." (Yes, that's supposed to be funny!)

After Mary returns from Bermuda, she goes shopping, and finds out that her husband hasn't given up his mistress after all! Sylvia tells her to go have it out with Crystal. Mary doesn't want to, but when she learns that woman has met her children, she can't stop herself. This picture is during her confrontation, the women working in the department store listen to their argument behind the wall. Mary: "You haven't played fair!" Crystal: "Where would any of us get if we played fair?"

Well, in this scene, Peggy and Syvia are excersizing when Edith runs in to tell them she just accidentally told a gossip columnist about Mary and her confrontation with Crystal. Edith: "Well, it doesn't really make much difference. The divorce is practically settled - " Sylvia: (Eagerly) "Who says so?" Edith: "You did!" Sylvia: I said, Mary couldn't broadcast her domestic difficulties, and not expect them to wind up in a scandal." Peggy: "Mary didn't broadcast them!" Sylvia: "Who did?" Peggy: "You did! You - You're all making it impossible for her to do anything now but get a divorce!"

In this scene it is after midnight, Mary's maid and cook are talking about the arguement she and her husband Jane (the maid) has just overheard. Mary announces to Steven that she wants a divorce. Maggie: "The first man who can think up a good explanation how he can be in love with his wife and another woman is going to win that prize they're always giving out in Sweden!"

This picture marks the end of Act One. In this scene, Mary is preparing to go to Reno for a few weeks to finalize her divorce with her husband (that she really doesn't want). She's been waiting for her husband to tell her he doesn't want to loose her, but he never does. Steven's secretary comes and has her sign a few papers. Then Mary has to tell her daughter Little Mary the truth about her parents. The picture at the end of the scene after her mother has told her about the divorce. Little Mary: "Oh, please, please, Mother dear - Oh! Daddy, Daddy, darling! Oh, why don't you do something - do something - Mother dear!"

As Act Two begins, we find Edith in the hospital, having just had her baby. Peggy brings her flowers and they talk about Mary and how "cheerful" her letter is. Edith says there isn't anything in the letter about how she "really feels". Then Peggy begins to cry and announces that she and John are getting a divorce. Edith: "It's going to be quite the gathering of the clan. Howard Fowler's bounced Sylvia right out on her ear! He's threatened to divorce her right her in New York if she doesn't go to Reno. And name her young customer's man-" Peggy: "But-Howard's always known-" Edith: "Certainly. Howard hired him, so he'd have plenty of time for his own affairs. Howard's go some girl he wants to marry. But nobody, not even Winchell knows who she is! Howard's a coony cuss. (Lauhging) I do think it's screaming. When you remember how Sylvia always thought she was putting one over on us girls!"

In Reno, Mary has made some new friends. Miriam Aarons and the Countess de Lage. In this scene it is her last day in Reno before she heads back to New York. She's been hoping her husband would contact her and call the divorce off. But he doesn't. We find out that Miriam is the woman Howard has left Sylvia for. Thus the cat fight above. Then, Mary gets a phone call from Steven. "Oh, I knew he would call! I knew when the last moment came he would realize he needed me!" Actually, he's called to tell her he is marrying Crystal.

I love this picture of Crystal! She's so pretty. In this scene, it's two years later. Crystal is on the phone with her lover. Little Mary walks in on her and over hears part of their conversation. Crystal as it turns out is a very rude person and Mary tells her step-mother that her father doesn't like her as much as he used to. Little Mary leaves and Sylvia comes in. Apparently, since the divorce, she and Crystal have become friends. Sylvia tries to get Crystal to tell her if she is seeing anyone, but Crystal is too smart for her.

Mary has invited her friends and their husbands over to her home for a party. In this scene, they are in Mary's bedroom. Edith is pregnant again (with her fifth child). They discuss men and tell Mary that she needs to move on and forget about Steven. She doesn't want to. The Countess confesses that her husband may be cheating on her. She is quite upset. But leaves with a smile to go onto the party she is hosting at the Casino Roof Restaurant. Mary has decided not to go until Little Mary comes and tells her about the phone conversation she over heard. Mary has figured out that Crystal is cheating on Steven with the Countess's husband!

This is the final scene in the play. If Mary can get some sort of proof that Crystal is cheating, she can get her husband back. She knows Sylvia is with her and she also knows that Sylvia can't keep her mouth shut to save her life. Mary tells Crystal the Countess knows about them and that she had them followed. Sylvia lets the cat out of the bag that they have been going to the Gothic Apartments. Crystal knows she's out done now. Sylvia: "Mary, what a dirty female trick you played!" Crystal: Yes! From the great, noble woman! You're just a cat like all the rest of us!" Mary: "Well, I've had two years to sharpen my claws! (Waves her hand gaily to Sylvia.) Jungle Red, Sylvia! Good night, ladies!"

There you go! I hope you enjoyed looking at them!