The Parent Trap (film series) The Parent Trap (film series) The Parent Trap is a "Disney" film series, originating in 1961 with Hayley Mills playing both roles of twin sisters who were raised separately by divorced parents, without any knowledge of each other. They meet at a summer holiday camp, and switch places so that they can each meet their other parent. Mills reprised her roles three times in subsequent made-for-television sequels. A remake was released in 1998, with a plot similar to the original film and written by the original film's writer/director David Swift, with segments of the story being reworked into a romantic-comedy.
The Mineola Twins The Mineola Twins The Mineola Twins is a play by Paula Vogel with music by David Van Tieghem, which premiered Off-Broadway in 1999. The story satirically examines women's experience and the women's movement over more than three decades in post-World War II America, as seen through the life of identical twins, Myra and Myrna, from Mineola, New York, who are played by one actress. The twins' contrasting personalities are presented in often extreme and comic ways. For example, one is a rebellious radical, while the other is an uptight conservative. The play takes place during the Eisenhower Administration; then at