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John William Van Druten (1 June 1901 – 19 December 1957) was an English playwright and theatre director. [1] . He began his career in London, and later moved to America, becoming a U.S. citizen. He was known for his plays of witty and urbane observations of contemporary life and society. [2] Biography.
I Am a Camera is a 1951 Broadway play by John Van Druten adapted from Christopher Isherwood's 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin, which is part of The Berlin Stories. The title is a quotation taken from the novel's first page: "I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking."
I Remember Mama is a play by John Van Druten based on Kathryn Forbes' novel Mama's Bank Account, loosely based on her childhood. It is a study of family life centered on a Norwegian immigrant family in San Francisco early in the 20th century.
I Am a Camera opened on Broadway at the Empire Theatre in November 1951, under the direction of its playwright John Van Druten, with scenic and lighting design by Boris Aronson and Ellen Goldsborough. It ran for 214 performances before closing in July 1952.
Jun 17, 2021 · I am a camera : a play in three acts. by. Van Druten, John, 1901-1957. Publication date. 1983. Publisher. New York, NY : Dramatists Play Service. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
…on John Van Druten’s play I Am a Camera (1951), which was inspired by the British-American author Christopher Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical The Berlin Stories (1945). Cabaret opened in New York City at the Broadhurst Theatre on November 20, 1966, before transferring to the Imperial Theatre and then the Broadway Theatre, where…
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His first successful play was YOUNG WOODLEY, produced in 1928. His best-known plays, primarily light comedies, include OLD ACQUAINTANCE (1940), THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE (1943), I REMEMBER MAMA (1944), BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (1950), and I AM A CAMERA (1951).
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