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{{Short description|1934 play}}
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{{Infobox play
| name = Escape Me Never
| image = File:Escape Me Never (play).jpg
| caption =
| writer =  [[Margaret Kennedy]]
| premiere = 1934
| place = [[Apollo Theatre]], [[West End theatre|West End]], London
| characters = 
| setting = Europe
}}

'''''Escape Me Never''''' is a 1934 [[Play (theatre)|play]] written by [[Margaret Kennedy]] based upon her 1930 novel ''[[The Fool of the Family]]''.

Set in pre [[World War I]] 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 theatre|West End]] run of the play at the [[Apollo Theatre]] starred [[Elisabeth Bergner]] for whom the play was written. Bergner, in her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut, starred also in the play's 1935 production at the [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]].<ref>{{IBDB title|id=7932|title=Escape Me Never}}</ref>

==Adaptations==
{{Main article|Escape Me Never (1935 film)|Escape Me Never (1947 film)}}
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 (director)|Peter Godfrey]].

==References==
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==External links==
* {{google books|id=lOcEAQAAIAAJ|title=Escape Me Never}}
* {{worldcat|oclc=1299905|name=Escape Me Never}}

[[Category:1934 plays]]
[[Category:Films directed by Paul Czinner]]
[[Category:British plays adapted into films]]
[[Category:Broadway plays]]
[[Category:West End plays]]
[[Category:Plays by Margaret Kennedy]]
[[Category:Plays based on novels]]


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