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1984

By George Orwell
Series: Modern Plays
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Set in April 1984, 1984 follows Winston Smith as he begins to think independently, start a secret diary, and fall in love, all under the oppressive gaze of Big Brother. The story explores a chilling world where surveillance is constant and Room 101 represents the ultimate horror.
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April, 1984. Winston Smith thinks a thought, starts a diary, and falls in love. But Big Brother is watching him, and the door to Room 101 can swing open in the blink of an eye.

Its ideas have become our ideas, and Orwell’s fiction is often said to be our reality. The definitive book of the 20th century is re-examined in a radical new adaptation exploring why Orwell’s vision of the future is as relevant as ever.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350262713

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 July 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Contributors:

  • Adapted by Robert Icke
  • Adapted by Duncan Macmillan

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 111g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Robert Icke was artistic director of the Arden Theatre Company in Stockton on-Tees from 2003–7 and of the Swan Theatre Company in Cambridge from 2005–8, where he was awarded the Susie Gautier-Smith Prize for his contribution to theatre. As Associate Director of Headlong, his work for the company includes Boys by Ella Hickson, a national tour of Romeo and Juliet in 2012, and working with Rupert Goold to conceive and develop Decade in 2011. Other theatre includes: The Alchemist (Liverpool Playhouse) and Catalysta (Ovalhouse).
Duncan Macmillan is an award-winning playwright and director. His play Lungs was produced in a rolling world premiere at the Studio Theatre, Washington DC (nominated as Outstanding New Play at the Helen Hayes Awards) and Paines Plough/Sheffield Theatres in the UK (winner of Best New Play at the Off West End Awards and nominated for Best New Play at the Theatre UK Awards). The play has had many productions in the US and internationally, with upcoming ones in Stockholm, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Toronto, Copenhagen, Palma, Sydney and at the Schaubühne in Berlin, directed by Katie Mitchell.

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