essed ", ▁as ▁she ▁myster iously ▁has ▁no ▁interest ▁in ▁boys . ▁Both ▁Dr . ▁Z emp f ▁and ▁Miss ▁Pr att ▁express ▁the ▁opinion ▁that ▁this ▁aspect ▁of ▁her ▁youth ▁should ▁be ▁developed ▁and ▁stim ulated ▁by ▁d ating ▁and ▁particip ating ▁in ▁the ▁school ' s ▁social ▁activities . ▁While ▁Pr att ▁mostly ▁wants ▁Hum bert ▁to ▁let ▁Dol ores ▁generally ▁into ▁the ▁dram atic ▁group , ▁Qu ilty ▁( as ▁Z emp f ) ▁is ▁specifically ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁high ▁school ▁play ▁( written ▁by ▁Qu ilty ▁and ▁produced ▁with ▁some ▁super vision ▁from ▁him ) ▁which ▁L ol ita ▁had ▁secret ly ▁re he ars ed ▁for ▁( in ▁both ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁novel ). ▁In ▁the ▁novel ▁Miss ▁Pr att ▁na ï v ely ▁bel ieves ▁this ▁talk ▁about ▁Dol ores ' ▁" sex ual ▁repr ession ", ▁while ▁Qu ilty ▁in ▁his ▁dis gu ise ▁knows ▁the ▁truth . ▁Although ▁Peter ▁S ellers ▁is ▁playing ▁only ▁one ▁character ▁in ▁this ▁film , ▁Qu ilty ' s ▁dis gu ise ▁as ▁Dr . ▁Z emp f ▁allows ▁him ▁to ▁employ ▁a ▁mock ▁German ▁acc ent ▁that ▁is ▁qu int ess entially ▁in ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁S ellers ' s ▁acting . ▁ ▁With ▁regard ▁to ▁this ▁scene , ▁play w right ▁Edward ▁Al be e ' s ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁stage ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁follows ▁Kub rick ' s ▁film ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁novel . ▁ ▁The ▁movie ▁retain s ▁the ▁novel ' s ▁theme