I Am A Camera
by John Van Druten, Christopher Isherwood

I Am A Camera Book Cover
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Highlights

120 mins 1940s/WWII Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Interior Set American

Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle

Winner! 1952 Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play

Synopsis

THE STORY: 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.

For the most part, it concerns itself with the mercurial and irresponsible moods of a girl called S

Press Reviews

"With a genuine sense of deliberate objectivity...record[s] the mood of some aspects of Berlin life at the beginning of a period that eventually wrecked the world."

— The New York Times

"Many seem to forget this wonderful poignant play."

— A Younger Theatre

"Harum-scarum freneticism is embodied in the character of night club singer Sally Bowles, Isherwood's great semi-fictional invention."

— WhatsOnStage

Publication

Year 1955
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822205456
ISBN-10 0822205459
LCC PR6043.A4 I13

I Am A Camera is a American play written by John Van Druten and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1955).

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