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1984

START: Did I ever tell you about the tim...

Parsons

1984
Robert Icke Duncan Macmillan

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Show
1984
Character
Parsons
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
1
Time & Place
The canteen at the Ministry of Truth. A near, dystopian future.
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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START: Did I ever tell you about the time my daughter set fire to that old woman’s skirt because her and her friends — well they saw her leaning against a poster of Big Brother! Burned her quite badly. Little beggars!

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END: Of course it’s only a toy, mind you. Still, gives ‘em the right idea, eh? She’s Thought Police in the making. Get right inside your head. Absolutely brilliant.

Icke, Robert and Macmillan, Duncan, 1984, Oberon Books Ltd, 2013, p. 38.

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