Isherwood (redirected from Isherwood, Christopher (William Bradshaw))

Ish·er·wood  (shr-wd), Christopher William Bradshaw 1904-1986.

British-born American writer best known for his portrayals of Berlin in the early 1930s in works such as Goodbye to Berlin (1939), which became the basis for the musical Cabaret (1966).

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Isherwood [ˈɪshəˌwʊd]

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(Biographies / Isherwood, Christopher (1904-1986) M, USnational of birth: English, WRITING: novelist, THEATRE: dramatist) Christopher, full name Christopher William Bradshaw-Isherwood. 1904-86, US novelist and dramatist, born in England. His works include the novel Goodbye to Berlin (1939) and three verse plays written in collaboration with W.H. Auden

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Isherwood - United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986) Christopher Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood