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'''Christopher Isherwood''' ([[1904]]-[[1986]]) was an Anglo-American writer known for his novels and plays. He is also remembered as a long-time collaborator with poet W.H. Auden. | '''Christopher Isherwood''' ([[1904]]-[[1986]]) was an Anglo-American writer known for his novels and plays. He is also remembered as a long-time collaborator with poet [[W.H. Auden]]. | ||
[[Jack Harkness]] claimed to have once known Isherwood and that the two went "cruising" together in [[Berlin]] in the 1960s. His memory of Isherwood was sparked by [[Martha Jones]] quoting the title of one of Isherwood's best-known works, the play ''[[wikipedia:I Am a Camera|I Am a Camera]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (Torchwood story)|Reset]]'') | [[Jack Harkness]] claimed to have once known Isherwood and that the two went "cruising" together in [[Berlin]] in the 1960s. His memory of Isherwood was sparked by [[Martha Jones]] quoting the title of one of Isherwood's best-known works, the play ''[[wikipedia:I Am a Camera|I Am a Camera]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (Torchwood story)|Reset]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 00:36, 19 October 2012
Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was an Anglo-American writer known for his novels and plays. He is also remembered as a long-time collaborator with poet W.H. Auden.
Jack Harkness claimed to have once known Isherwood and that the two went "cruising" together in Berlin in the 1960s. His memory of Isherwood was sparked by Martha Jones quoting the title of one of Isherwood's best-known works, the play I Am a Camera. (TV: Reset)
Behind the scenes
- Matt Smith was cast as Christopher Isherwood in a BBC television film entitled Christopher and His Kind (based on Isherwood's 1976 autobiography of the same name).[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Pink News - Doctor Who star Matt Smith to play gay writer, accessed 28th April 2010