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'''''I Am a Camera''''' is a 1951 Broadway play by [[John Van Druten]]<ref name=play>{{cite book|last=Van Druten |first=John|year=1951|title=I Am a Camera|publisher=Random House, Inc|accessdate=2013-10-27}}</ref> <ref name=Druten>{{cite book|last=Van Druten |first=John|year=1998|title=I Am a Camera|publisher=Dramatists Play Service, Inc|isbn=0822205459}}</ref> adapted from [[Christopher Isherwood]]'s novel ''[[Goodbye to Berlin]]'', which is part of ''[[The Berlin Stories]]''. The title is a quote taken from the novel's first page: "''I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking''."<ref name=Isherwood>{{cite book|last=Isherwood |first=Christopher|year=1963|title=The Berlin Stories: the Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin|publisher=New Directions|isbn=0811200701}}</ref> The original production was staged by John Van Druten, with scenic and lighting design by [[Boris Aronson]] and costumes by Ellen Goldsborough.<ref name="play"/> It opened at the [[Empire Theatre (41st Street)|Empire Theatre]] in New York City on November 28, 1951 and ran for 214 performances before closing on July 12, 1952.<ref name=playbill>{{cite web|author=Playbill Vault |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/3946/I-Am-a-Camera|title=I Am a Camera on Broadway |accessdate=2013-10-27}}</ref> |
'''''I Am a Camera''''' is a 1951 Broadway play by [[John Van Druten]]<ref name=play>{{cite book|last=Van Druten |first=John|year=1951|title=I Am a Camera|publisher=Random House, Inc|accessdate=2013-10-27}}</ref> <ref name=Druten>{{cite book|last=Van Druten |first=John|year=1998|title=I Am a Camera|publisher=Dramatists Play Service, Inc|isbn=0822205459}}</ref> adapted from [[Christopher Isherwood]]'s novel ''[[Goodbye to Berlin]]'', which is part of ''[[The Berlin Stories]]''. The title is a quote taken from the novel's first page: "''I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking''."<ref name=Isherwood>{{cite book|last=Isherwood |first=Christopher|year=1963|title=The Berlin Stories: the Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin|publisher=New Directions|isbn=0811200701}}</ref> The original production was staged by John Van Druten, with scenic and lighting design by [[Boris Aronson]] and costumes by Ellen Goldsborough.<ref name="play"/> It opened at the [[Empire Theatre (41st Street)|Empire Theatre]] in New York City on November 28, 1951 and ran for 214 performances before closing on July 12, 1952.<ref name=playbill>{{cite web|author=Playbill Vault |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/3946/I-Am-a-Camera|title=I Am a Camera on Broadway |accessdate=2013-10-27}}</ref> |
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The production was a critically acclaimed success for both [[Julie Harris (American actress)|Julie Harris]] as the insouciant [[Sally Bowles]], winning her the first of five [[Tony Award]]s of her career for Best Leading Actress in a play, and for [[Marian Winters]], who won both the [[Theatre World Award]] and Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Play. The play also won for John Van Druten the [[New York Drama Critics' Circle]] for Best American Play (1952).<ref name="playbill"/> It also earned the famous review by [[Walter Kerr]], "Me no [[Leica Camera|Leica]]".<ref>Botto, Louis.[http://www.playbill.com/features/article/118112-Quotable_Critics "Quotable Critics"] playbill.com, May 28, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Friedman |first=M. |title=Commercial expressions in American humor: an analysis of selected popular-cultural works of the postwar era |work=Humor - International Journal of Humor Research |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=265–284 |issn=1613-3722<!--(online) |issn=0933-1719 (print)--> |doi=10.1515/humr.1989.2.3.265 |year=1989}}</ref> |
The production was a critically acclaimed success for both [[Julie Harris (American actress)|Julie Harris]] as the insouciant [[Sally Bowles]], winning her the first of five [[Tony Award]]s of her career for Best Leading Actress in a play, and for [[Marian Winters]], who won both the [[Theatre World Award]] and Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Play. The play also won for John Van Druten the [[New York Drama Critics' Circle]] for Best American Play (1952).<ref name="playbill"/> It also earned the famous review by [[Walter Kerr]], "Me no [[Leica Camera|Leica]]".<ref>Botto, Louis.[http://www.playbill.com/features/article/118112-Quotable_Critics "Quotable Critics"]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} playbill.com, May 28, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Friedman |first=M. |title=Commercial expressions in American humor: an analysis of selected popular-cultural works of the postwar era |work=Humor - International Journal of Humor Research |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=265–284 |issn=1613-3722<!--(online) |issn=0933-1719 (print)--> |doi=10.1515/humr.1989.2.3.265 |year=1989}}</ref> |
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==Original Broadway Cast (1951)== |
==Original Broadway Cast (1951)== |
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| Written by | John Van Druten Adapted from the Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood |
| Characters | Christopher Isherwood Fraulein Schneider Fritz Wendel Sally Bowles Natalia Landauer Clive Mortimer Mrs. Watson-Courtneidge |
| Date premiered | November 28, 1951 |
| Place premiered | Empire Theater, New York City |
| Subject | An English writer living in Berlin before the rise of the Hitler regime |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | A room in Fraulein Schneider's flat in Berlin 1930 |
I Am a Camera is a 1951 Broadway play by John Van Druten[1] [2] adapted from Christopher Isherwood's novel Goodbye to Berlin, which is part of The Berlin Stories. The title is a quote taken from the novel's first page: "I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking."[3] The original production was staged by John Van Druten, with scenic and lighting design by Boris Aronson and costumes by Ellen Goldsborough.[1] It opened at the Empire Theatre in New York City on November 28, 1951 and ran for 214 performances before closing on July 12, 1952.[4]
The production was a critically acclaimed success for both Julie Harris as the insouciant Sally Bowles, winning her the first of five Tony Awards of her career for Best Leading Actress in a play, and for Marian Winters, who won both the Theatre World Award and Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Play. The play also won for John Van Druten the New York Drama Critics' Circle for Best American Play (1952).[4] It also earned the famous review by Walter Kerr, "Me no Leica".[5][6]
Original Broadway Cast (1951)
- Christopher Isherwood - William Prince
- Fraulein Schneider - Olga Fabian
- Fritz Wendel - Martin Brooks
- Sally Bowles - Julie Harris
- Natalia Landauer - Marian Winters
- Clive Mortimer - Edward Andrews
- Mrs. Watson-Courtneidge - Catherine Willard
Adaptations
- Film - I Am a Camera (1955) - screenplay by John Collier, music by Malcolm Arnold, starring Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey and Shelley Winters.
- Broadway Musical - Cabaret (1966) - directed by Hal Prince, book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, starring Jill Haworth, Bert Convy, Lotte Lenya, Jack Gilford, and Joel Grey.
- Film Musical - Cabaret (1972) - directed by Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, starring Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey and Michael York.
References
- ^ a b Van Druten, John (1951). I Am a Camera. Random House, Inc.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Van Druten, John (1998). I Am a Camera. Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ISBN 0822205459.
- ^ Isherwood, Christopher (1963). The Berlin Stories: the Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin. New Directions. ISBN 0811200701.
- ^ a b Playbill Vault. "I Am a Camera on Broadway". Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ^ Botto, Louis."Quotable Critics"[permanent dead link] playbill.com, May 28, 2008
- ^ Friedman, M. (1989). "Commercial expressions in American humor: an analysis of selected popular-cultural works of the postwar era". Humor - International Journal of Humor Research. 2 (3): 265–284. doi:10.1515/humr.1989.2.3.265. ISSN 1613-3722.
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