The Women | Plot Summary
Act I, Scene 1
The Women opens with Mary Haines’s circle of high-society friends playing bridge at her Park Avenue apartment in New York City. When Mary walks out of the room, Sylvia relates that she has learned from a manicurist named Olga that Mary’s husband Stephen is carrying on an extramarital affair. When Mary returns, Sylvia encourages her to make an appointment for a manicure from Olga.
Act I, Scene 2
A few days later, Mary goes to Michael’s beauty salon to get a manicure from Olga. Olga, who does not know that Mary is the wife of...
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