Duet for One is a 1986 British drama film adapted from the play, a two-hander by Tom Kempinski, about a world-famous concert violinist named Stephanie Anderson who is suddenly struck with multiple sclerosis.

The story was, at the time of the premiere of the play, assumed to be based on the life of cellist Jacqueline du Pré, who was diagnosed with MS, and her husband, conductor Daniel Barenboim, but Kempinski has stated that the subject of the play was a cathartic explosion of his own anxieties and depression.

In an epilogue, which may be a dream, the psychiatrist has become a friend while her ex-husband and former pupil come back to see her, as does the ghost of her accompanist.

The Broadway version, starring Anne Bancroft and Max von Sydow, opened 17 December 1981, and ran until 2 January 1982, for a total of 20 performances.

[10] A major revival was staged by the Almeida Theatre in 2009, starring Juliet Stevenson and Henry Goodman.