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The Ladies Almanack

In Paris in 1928 American Djuna Barnes writes a farcical novel about the lovers, friends and publishing elite that make up "lesbian Don Juan" Natalie Clifford Barney's sordid salon. Dolly Wilde, Elizabeth Gramont, Romaine Brooks, Mimi Franchetti, Colette, Gertrude Stein, Liane de Pougy, Radclyffe Hall, Mina Loy, Janet Flanner and many more of the finest minds of her time enter her colorful book. Concocted to cheer up Barnes' ailing girlfriend, Thelma Wood, who is sick in the hospital, the story ultimately outlives the romance.

Top Cast

  • Guinevere Turner

    Guinevere Turner

    Liane De Pougy

  • Eileen Myles

    Eileen Myles

    Monique Wittig (narrator)

  • Brie Roland

    Brie Roland

    Natalie Barney

  • Josefin Granqvist

    Josefin Granqvist

    Djuna Barnes

  • Fannie Sosa

    Fannie Sosa

    Mimi Franchetti

  • Hélène Cixous

    Hélène Cixous

    Self

  • Leslie Cuyjet

    Leslie Cuyjet

    Solita Solano

  • LeCiel

    LeCiel

    Jannet Flanner

  • Jessica Weinstein

    Jessica Weinstein

    Esther Murphy

Overview

In Paris in 1928 American Djuna Barnes writes a farcical novel about the lovers, friends and publishing elite that make up "lesbian Don Juan" Natalie Clifford Barney's sordid salon. Dolly Wilde, Elizabeth Gramont, Romaine Brooks, Mimi Franchetti, Colette, Gertrude Stein, Liane de Pougy, Radclyffe Hall, Mina Loy, Janet Flanner and many more of the finest minds of her time enter her colorful book. Concocted to cheer up Barnes' ailing girlfriend, Thelma Wood, who is sick in the hospital, the story ultimately outlives the romance.

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