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[[Image:CHANGETHISNAME.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Poster Designer]]]]
 
[[Image:CHANGETHISNAME.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Poster Designer]]]]
  
by [[John Van Druten]]
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by [[John Van Druten]] and [[Christopher Isherwood]]
  
 
Directed by [[Ann Parnell-McGarry]]  
 
Directed by [[Ann Parnell-McGarry]]  
  
Performances: Sun 4th– Sat 10th February [[1979]], [[Bell Theatre|Main Stage]]
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Performances: Sun 4th – Sat 10th November [[1979]], [[Bell Theatre|Main Stage]]
  
  
 
== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
  
Text about the play
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I Am a Camera is a 1951 Broadway play inspired by 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.").
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The play and film in turn went on to inspire the musical Cabaret by [[John Kander and Fred Ebb|John Kander and Fred Ebb]].
  
 
== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
  
 
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*Christopher Isherwood - [[Ian Vallender]]
*Character 1 - [[Actor 1]]
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*Fraulein Schneider - [[Joan Ives-Brown]]
*Character 2 - [[Actor 2]]
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*Fritz Wendel - [[Derek Osbourne]]
*Character 3 - [[Actor 3]]
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*Sally Bowles - [[Sally Lill]]
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*Natalia Landauer - [[Clare Atkins]]
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*Clive Mortimer - [[Harry Sanders]]
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*Mrs. Watson-Courtneige - [[Delia Tait]]
  
 
== Crew ==
 
== Crew ==
  
*Stage Manager - [[SM Name]]
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*Production Assistant - [[Cicely Turner]]
*Lighting Design - [[Designer Name]]
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*Stage Manager - [[Kris Swarbrick]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Operator Name]]
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*Assisted by - [[Jim Doyle]], [[Sally Hebberd]]
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*Lighting - [[Peter Boon]]
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*Sound - [[Gordon Scott]]
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*Set Design - [[Bruce Murray]]
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*Set Construction - [[David Maitland]]
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*Wardrobe - [[Cheryl Webb]]
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*Props - [[Matthew Lyne]], [[Elaine Lampard]], [[Gillian Holmes]]
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*Prompter - [[Karen Green]]
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*Dresser - [[Sylvia Rowe]]
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*German Coach - [[Trina Sattin]]
  
 
== Reviews ==
 
== Reviews ==
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== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==
 
== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==
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== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
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Or add anything that is related ''within this site''.  The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.
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*[[Cabaret (1996)]]
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*[[I am a Camera (2016)]]
  
 
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 13:15, 15 June 2016

Poster by Poster Designer

by John Van Druten and Christopher Isherwood

Directed by Ann Parnell-McGarry

Performances: Sun 4th – Sat 10th November 1979, Main Stage


Introduction

I Am a Camera is a 1951 Broadway play inspired by 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.").

The play and film in turn went on to inspire the musical Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb.

Cast

Crew

Reviews

Some review quotes go here


Gallery

Reminiscences and Anecdotes

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

See Also

References

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External Links