Laura and Screen-L'ers: Would not at least the original _Parent Trap_ (1961) film from Disney qualify? Possibly also the Disney remake (1998), which I've not seen. The characters of Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers (both played by Hayley Mills) are identical twins, separated in infancy when their parents divorced. When they meet at summer camp, there is immediate antipathy, but eventually they discover their relationship and at the end of the summer they switch places, each going to the home of the other, with the mission of reuniting their parents, which, after much business they do. The film is based on the German children's book _Das doppelte Lottchen_ [The double Lotte], by Erich Kastner (1940), which has apparently also been filmed in Germany. So, if a children's book will do for a "literary work" I think it fits. Laura Carroll asks for: . . . a single actor plays two different parts . . . the characters look alike or identical . . . important . . . part of the story that the two characters look alike . . . but it's clear that they are not, in the fiction, the same person . . . To be of use to me the film must, must, must be adapted from a literary work (but not a play), and inherit the look-alikes from it. Leslie, once upon a time a big Hayley Mills fan -- Leslie Kay Swigart, Librarian University Library, California State University, Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, California, USA 90840-1901 Voice: 562-985-8327 FAX: 562-985-8327 Email: [log in to unmask] ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html