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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."
- November 28, 1951
- A room in Fraulein Schneider's flat in Berlin 1930
- Empire Theatre, New York City
- John Van Druten, Adapted from the Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
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. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
Isherwood’s tales about Sally Bowles and her acquaintances became the basis for John Van Druten’s play I Am a Camera (1951; film, 1955). Fred Ebb and John Kander turned this material into the much-acclaimed stage musical Cabaret (1966; film, 1972). This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
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I Am a Camera is a 1955 British comedy-drama film based on the 1945 book The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood and the 1951 eponymous play by John Van Druten. The film is a fictionalized account of Isherwood's time living in Berlin between the World Wars.
- 21 July 1955
- Malcolm Arnold
- £144,666 (UK)
- John Woolf
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 Am A Camera. By John Van Druten. Adapted from The Berlin Stories of Christopher Isherwood. ISBN: 9780822205456. Out of stock. DPS Acting Edition $11.00. Overview. In the words of the Herald-Tribune, the play "looks at life in a tawdry Berlin rooming house of 1930 with a stringently photographic eye.
I am a camera - The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. Details. By. John Van Druten. Genre: Drama. Breakdown: 1M+1W. Publisher: Link. Synopsis. In the words of the Herald-Tribune, the play “looks at life in a tawdry Berlin rooming house of 1930 with a stringently photographic eye.
