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I Am A Camera
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 3m
By John Van Druten
Adapted from The Berlin Stories of Christopher Isherwood
This subtle and rewarding drama received the Critics' Circle Award in 1952. “Mr. van Druten has made a striking, intelligent and steadily arresting play…A both uproarious and poignant dramatization.” — NY Post.
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Cast Size
4w, 3m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Literature), Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Period -
Suggested Use
- Monologues
- Scene Work
- Competition or Audition Material
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Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
- Winner! 1952 Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play
Details
Summary
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period 1940s/WWII, 1930s
- Setting An apartment in Berlin in the 1930s.
- Additional Features Physical Comedy
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Alcohol
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
“The play crackles with electricity.” — The New York Times
“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
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.