Playwrights Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan adapted 1984 from George Orwell’s dystopian classic. The novel, published in 1949, follows everyman Winston Smith as he dreams of escaping the totalitarian state of Big Brother. The book has enjoyed immense critical success and cultural impact, and is frequently cited as one of the best novels of the 20th century.
In writing the play, Icke and Macmillan sought to not only adapt the novel, but also the appendix, “The Principles of Newspeak.” The appendix is written as fictional fact, from the viewpoint of readers picking up the book after Big
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