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08/11/1959

In this edition of the arts magazine programme, Christopher Isherwood talks to Robert Robinson about his literary career, and his close friendship with WH Auden. (1959)

In this edition of the arts magazine programme, Christopher Isherwood talks to Robert Robinson about his literary career, and his close friendship with WH Auden.Isherwood describes his interest in writing about the people whom society pushes to its margins, his close friendships with WH Auden and Stephen Spender and his burgeoning spirituality. (1959)

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Sun 8 Nov 1959 10:15
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Although Isherwood's own original film scripts had little critical or commercial success, his novel collection The Berlin Stories provided the basis for the musical and film Cabaret, which won eight Oscars. The 2009 film adaptation of his 1964 novel A Single Man received three Golden Globe nominations and an Academy Award nomination.

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