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1	!!The book provides examples of:
2	* AbsurdlyShortProductionTime: Stevenson wrote the first draft in under three days. After substantial criticism from his wife, Stevenson burned that draft and rewrote the story in under six days.
3	* AdaptationOverdosed: There have been hundreds of film and play adaptations of the book, as well as references in popular media.
4	* BasedOnADream: Allegedly, the idea for the story came from a fever dream. Many rumours tie the origins of the story to Creator/RobertLouisStevenson's cocaine addiction.
5	* CreatorBreakdown: The popular story is that Creator/RobertLouisStevenson wrote the novel after a particularly vivid nightmare. Even if this isn't true, then the novel's themes of duality and of a man suffering drastic personality shifts and driven to ruin by what is essentially an escalating drug addiction probably rang true with the author, who was not unfamiliar with such situations.
6	* LifeImitatesArt: Jekyll theorizes that every man may be more than just ''two'' men, each with their own role. Roughly thirty years later, Sigmund Freud publishes the ideas of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Id.2C_ego.2C_and_super-ego id, ego and superego]].
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8	!!The 1941 movie provides examples of:
9	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/IngridBergman was cast as Jekyll's virtuous girlfriend Bea, and Creator/LanaTurner was supposed to play Ivy, the slutty barmaid (and implied prostitute). Bergman, bored with playing righteous heroines, requested that the roles be reversed, and they were.
10	* CreatorBacklash:
11	** Creator/SpencerTracy later said that this was by far the least favorite of the films he had starred in, and that his performance was "awful".
12	** Creator/IngridBergman felt badly miscast in the movie, a view shared by film critics.
13	* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/VictorFleming slapped both Creator/IngridBergman and Creator/LanaTurner in different scenes in order to get the desired response of tears from them.
14	* FakeBrit: All the main players.
15	* UnderageCasting: Creator/SpencerTracy was cast despite concerns that he was too old to play Jekyll at the age of 41. The irony being that in the original story, Jekyll was 50.
16	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
17	** The studio's original choice for the lead role(s) was Creator/RobertDonat.
18	** Despite having not yet met his famous co-star, Creator/SpencerTracy wanted the characters of Ivy and Beatrix to be played by the same actress, Creator/KatharineHepburn, to reinforce the theme of the good and bad qualities in every individual.
19	** Creator/VivienLeigh turned down the role of Ivy so she could film ''That Hamilton Woman''.

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