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Who Am I This Time

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Author
  
Kurt Vonnegut

Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print

Country
  
USA

Publication type
  
Magazine (1st edition)

Published in
  
The Saturday Evening Post (1st edition) Welcome to the Monkey House

"Who Am I This Time?" is a short story written by Kurt Vonnegut, published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1961. The story was collected in Vonnegut's famous anthology Welcome to the Monkey House. It was originally titled "My Name is Everyone".

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Synopsis

The story centers on a character named Harry Nash, who is an extremely shy and characterless small-town man. However, whenever he takes a part in the local, amateur theater production he becomes the character to an overwhelming extent. Soon Helene Shaw, a recent addition to the town, falls in love—not with Nash, but with his character in the play.

Adaptations

  • The short story was made in a short television movie in 1982 starring Christopher Walken and Susan Sarandon and directed by Jonathan Demme.
  • In 2008 it was adapted into a radio play for BBC Radio 4 starring Lou Hirsch, Kerry Shale, Joanne Froggatt and Maureen Lipman.

    • References

    Who Am I This Time? Wikipedia
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