''Princess Priscilla's Fortnight'' is a 1905 comedy-drama novel by the British writer

Elizabeth von Arnim Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess v ...

, known at the time as Elizabeth, Countess Russell. It was turned into a play '' The Cottage in the Air'' in 1909.Boardman p.666

Film adaptation

In 1929 the novel was turned into a film '' The Runaway Princess'' directed by

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and

Fritz Wendhausen Fritz Wendhausen (7 August 1890 – 5 January 1962) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is also credited as Frederick Wendhausen and F.R. Wendhausen. In 1938 he immigrated to Britain from Nazi Germany. Selected filmography Scre ...

and starring

Mady Christians Marguerita Maria Christians (January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951), known as Mady Christians, was an Austrian-born German-American actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted dur ...

Norah Baring Norah Baring (26 November 1905 – 8 February 1985), born Nora Minnie Baker, was an English stage and film actress best known on screen for portraying "Diana Baring" in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller ''Murder!'' (1930). Her other notable roles i ...

and

Paul Cavanagh William Grigs Atkinson (8 December 1888 – 15 March 1964), known professionally as Paul Cavanagh, was an English film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1928 and 1959. Life and career Cavanagh was born in Felling ...

. It was a co-production between the Britain and Germany, and a separate German language version '' Priscillas Fahrt ins Glück'' was made.

References

Bibliography

* Boardman, Gerald Martin. ''American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1869-1914''. Oxford University Press, 1994. 1905 British novels 1900s in comedy British novels adapted into films Novels by Elizabeth von Arnim British comedy novels Comedy drama {{Elizabeth von Arnim