Daphne du Maurier novel into French and sent it to a publisher in Paris, who she learned was also Ms. du Maurier's [publisher] only after "Rebecca" became a worldwide success. The novels have identical plots and even some identical episodes." Author Frank Baker believed that du Maurier had plagiarised his novel "The Birds" (1936) in her short story "The Birds" (1952). Du Maurier had been working as a reader for Baker's publisher Peter Davies at the time he submitted the book. When Hitchcock's "The Birds" was released in 1963, based on du Maurier's story, Baker considered, but was advised against, pursuing costly litigation
1997 du Maurier Open 1997. Chris Woodruff and Monica Seles won the singles titles. It was Seles' first Tier I title of the year and her seventh overall. It was her third consecutive title at the event after winning in 1995 and 1996. Chris Woodruff defeated Gustavo Kuerten 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 Monica Seles defeated Anke Huber 6–2, 6–4 Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien 7–6, 6–3 Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis defeated Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 1997 du Maurier Open The 1997 Canadian Open (also known as the "du Maurier Open" for sponsorship reasons) was