I Am a Camera

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play theatrical work

I Am a Camera is a 1951 play by John Van Druten, adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories and best known as the stage precursor to the musical Cabaret.

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Label Occurrences
I Am a Camera canonical 8
I Am a Camera (1955 film) 2
I Am a Camera (play) 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
adaptedInto Cabaret (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: Cabaret (musical)

I Am a Camera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: I Am a Camera (1955 film)
author John Van Druten ⓘ
basedOn Goodbye to Berlin ⓘ
Goodbye to Berlin ⓘ
surface form: The Berlin Stories
basedOnAuthor Christopher Isherwood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstBroadwayProductionYear 1952 ⓘ
firstBroadwayTheatre Astor Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Empire Theatre, New York
firstPerformanceYear 1951 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasCharacter Christopher Isherwood (character) ⓘ
Sally Bowles ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableAs stage precursor to the musical Cabaret ⓘ
notableAward New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play ⓘ
surface form: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play
originalLanguage English ⓘ
premiereDate 1951-11-28 ⓘ
premiereLocation Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith ⓘ
surface form: Lyric Theatre, London
productionType stage play ⓘ
settingLocation Berlin ⓘ
settingTime early 1930s ⓘ
subject Sally Bowles ⓘ
City of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Weimar Berlin
theme bohemian lifestyle in Berlin ⓘ
rise of Nazism ⓘ
sexual freedom ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted Weimar Republic ⓘ
writer John Van Druten ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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Christopher Isherwood → workInspired → I Am a Camera ⓘ
Cabaret (stage production) → basedOn → I Am a Camera ⓘ
Into the Lens → hasAlternativeTitle → I Am a Camera ⓘ
Goodbye to Berlin → inspiredWork → I Am a Camera ⓘ
Goodbye to Berlin → hasAdaptation → I Am a Camera ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Am a Camera (play)
Goodbye to Berlin → hasAdaptation → I Am a Camera ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Am a Camera (1955 film)
Mr Norris Changes Trains → hasAdaptation → I Am a Camera ⓘ
I Am a Camera → adaptedInto → I Am a Camera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Am a Camera (1955 film)
Julie Harris → notableWork → I Am a Camera ⓘ
John Van Druten → notableWork → I Am a Camera ⓘ
Elstree → precedes → I Am a Camera ⓘ