''Escape Me Never'' is a 1934 play written by Margaret Kennedy based upon her 1930 novel ''

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''. 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

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run of the play at the

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starred Elisabeth Bergner for whom the play was written. Bergner, in her Broadway 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 Paul Czinner, and into an American film in 1947 starring Ida Lupino, directed by Peter Godfrey.

References

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* * 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