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Orwell: A Celebration

Orwell: A Celebration

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Series: Oberon Modern Plays

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ISBN10: 1840029315
ISBN13: 9781840029314
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Aug 1 2010
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.42
Language: English

Dominic Cavendish's acclaimed monologue adaptation of George Orwell's Coming up for Air - first seen at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2008 - forms the first half of an unprecedented theatrical homage to Orwell created to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the novel and the 60th anniversary of his masterwork Nineteen Eighty-Four.

As well as placing two of his best-loved essays - Shooting an Elephant and A Hanging - in a theatrical context, Cavendish has distilled The Ministry of Love interrogation scenes from 1984 into a short, sharp, shocking vignette of a man's inhumanity to man. Together they demonstrate the enduring power and range of Orwell's writing, its observational clarity, bracing humour and political intensity.

Orwell: A Celebration was in production at the Trafalgar Studios, London, in June 2009.

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