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The Millionairess

by George Bernard Shawplay

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The Millionairess is a play written in 1936 by George Bernard Shaw. It tells the story of Epifania, a spoilt heiress, and her search for a suitor. Shaw wrote the play in 1936 expressly for Edith Evans. Evans rejected the role, calling it "too icy". However, she did act the part in 1940, in a pre-London production tour in the provinces.

Adaptations (1)

The Millionairess was adapted into a 1960 film.

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    The Millionairess
    1960 · film · 90 min · dir. Anthony Asquith · IMDb ↗
    IMDb5.420%

    When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in love with a humble, Indian physician, Ahmed el Kabir, much loved by his indigent English patients.

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