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1. www.telegraph.co.uk › theatre › what-to-seeTortured and forgotten: the tragic story of John Van Druten

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   23 hours ago · John Van Druten, author of The Voice of the Turtle Credit: Alamy. Although often thought of as an American writer, Van Druten was born in London in June 1901. His father, Wilhelmus – a Dutch ...

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3. scrapsfromtheloft.com › movies › cabarets-twistedCabaret’s Twisted Elegance and the Genius of Bob Fosse

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   Jun 7, 2024 · These stories became the basis for John Van Druten’s stage play I Am A Camera in 1951. Four years later, the play was filmed with Laurence Harvey and Julie Harris. This in turn inspired a stage musical called Cabaret, with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, which opened in Broadway in 1966.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cabaret_(musical)Cabaret (musical) - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. It is based on the 1951 play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten, which in turn was based on the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.

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6. britishtheatre.com › jermyn-street-theatreJermyn Street Theatre announce Autumn 2024 Season

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   Jun 7, 2024 · Prior to the autumn season, Jermyn Street Theatre presents the previously announced Adrian Lukis in Being Mr Wickham in June followed by a rare revival of John Van Druten’s The Voice of the Turtle in July.

7. www.jermynstreettheatre.co.ukJermyn Street Theatre

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   Jun 5, 2024 · 3 October 2024 - 9 November 2024. By Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Stella Powell-Jones. Festive Fun. 21 November 2024 - 5 January 2025. By John Savournin and David Eaton. Directed by Charles Court Opera. Classic Comedy. 5 June 2024 - 22 June 2024.

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8. www.stagetext.org › whats-on › the-voice-of-the-turtleThe Voice of the Turtle - Stagetext

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   4 days ago · This heart-warming comedy by John Van Druten – best-known for I Am A Camera, which formed the basis of the book for Cabaret – originally ran for 1,557 performances, making it one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history.

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   What happened to Van Druten?

   • Van Druten, meanwhile, abandoned the law and enjoyed numerous successes in New York and in London. He was also an eminent director who staged, among other shows, the original Broadway production of The King and I. But then came the decline.

   Tortured and forgotten: the tragic story of John Van Druten

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   Is Van Druten still a comedy?

   • It is still a comedy, but one infused with emotion, longing and loss, and with a woman at its centre. In other plays too, Van Druten revealed a contemporary stance – such as London Wall (1931), focusing on workplace sexual harassment, and Flowers of the Forest (1934), a love story with JB Priestley-like timeslips.

   Tortured and forgotten: the tragic story of John Van Druten

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   Is Van Druten worth reevaluating?

   • Along with Noël Coward, Terence Rattigan and Somerset Maugham, his work was swept aside by the theatrical revolution of the “Angry Young Men” at the Royal Court led by John Osborne. But as with the work of Coward, Rattigan and Maugham, Van Druten’s work is well worth reevaluating.

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   Did Van Druten fall from grace?

   • Van Druten himself foresaw this fall from grace: in his Playwright At Work (1955), he acknowledges that “the theatre is ephemeral, and plays are a perishable commodity”. And that’s what happened: his success was fleeting.

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   Did Van Druten make a movie starring Ronald Reagan?

   • The original production ran for 1,557 performances – which still makes it one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history – before being adapted into a film starring Ronald Reagan. But now it, and Van Druten’s other work, is essentially unknown. So what happened?

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   Does Van Druten sublimate his experiences in the voice of the turtle?

   • In the same way, Van Druten sublimates his experiences into Sally and Bill’s tentative explorations in The Voice of the Turtle. The result is that there is something coded in the delicacy, the hesitancy with which these two characters sound out each other’s feelings.

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10. theatrius.com › 2024/06/06 › cabaret-shows-us-how“Cabaret” Shows Us How Fascists Take Over—at Center REP

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    Jun 6, 2024 · Brilliant staging, singing, dancing, delight us. The satire stings: “Come to the Cabaret, My Friend.”. Director Markus Potter gives us a nightmare equal to the last days of Pompeii. We recognize the rise of fascism and murder—so familiar to us now.