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CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD (1904 - 1986)
Nationality: Englishemail: n/a Website: n/a
Literary Agent: Curtis Brown Group Ltd
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below is a list of Christopher Isherwood's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Adventures Of the Black Girl In Her Search For God, The Ascent Of F6 And On the Frontier Dog Beneath the Skin, The Meeting By the River, AAdventures Of the Black Girl In Her Search For God, The
Synopsis:
stresses the independence of a woman seeking a deity who, by a misunderstanding of einstein's theory of Relativity, becomes female in her mind
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book by G B Shaw
1st Produced:
Los Angeles 1969
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adaptation
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Male: 4 Female: 3 Other: precussion
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Top of PageAscent Of F6 And On the Frontier
the F6 Mountain is on the borders of a British colony and the country of Ostria. When the Ostrians announce plans to climb this hitherto unclimbed mountain the British government persuades mountaineer Michael Ransom to led a rival expedition and be the first to climb it
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written by WH Auden And Christopher Isherwood
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Faber and Faber, London, 1958 -
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Play/Drama
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Top of PageDog Beneath the Skin, The
Alan Norman searches for missing heir Sir Francis Crewe through europe and england. He is accompanied by a large dog who turns out to be Sir Francis in disguise
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Written by W H Auden and Christopher Isherwood
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Faber and Faber, London, -
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Top of PageMeeting By the River, A
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Written in collaboration with Don Bachardy, from own novel
1st Produced:
Los Angeles 1972
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Genre:
adaptation
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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