''Escape Me Never'' is a 1934

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written by Margaret Kennedy based upon her 1930 novel '' The Fool of the Family''. Set in pre

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Europe, it tells the story of two brothers (Caryl and Sebastian Durbok) who are composers, share a flat, and are both in love with two women—an heiress and a young innocent. The original West End run of the play at the

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starred

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for whom the play was written. Bergner, in her

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debut, starred also in the play's 1935 production at the Shubert Theatre.

Adaptations

The play was adapted into a British film in 1935 starring Bergner and directed by

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, and into an American film in 1947 starring

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, directed by Peter Godfrey.

References

External links

* * 1934 plays Films directed by Paul Czinner British plays adapted into films Broadway plays West End plays Plays by Margaret Kennedy Plays based on novels {{1930s-play-stub