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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dunster, Matthew, author.
Edition:	First edition
Imprint:	London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (119 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Oberon modern plays Oberon modern plays.
Subject:	Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950. -- Nineteen eighty-four. Totalitarianism -- Drama. London (England) -- Drama. Drama.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12624688

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	George Orwell's 1984 Nineteen eighty-four
Other uniform titles:	Adaptation of (work): Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Nineteen eighty-four.
ISBN:	9781849432269 9781350205987
Digital file characteristics:	text file HTML
Notes:	"Matthew Dunster's adaptation of 1984 was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester on 1 March 2010 [...]".
Summary:	"War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. Winston Smith rewrites history for the Ministry of Truth, but when he's handed a note that says simply 'I love you' by a woman he hardly knows, he decides to risk everything in as earch for the real truth. In a world where cheap entertainment keeps the proles ignorant but content, where a war without end is always fought and the government is always watching, can Winston possibly hold onto what he feels inside? Or will he renounce everything, accept the Party's reality and learn to love Big Brother?"--About the play.
Standard no.:	10.5040/9781350205987.00000004

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Summary:	War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. Winston Smith rewrites history for the Ministry of Truth, but when he's handed a note that says simply 'I love you' by a woman he hardly knows, he decides to risk everything in as earch for the real truth. In a world where cheap entertainment keeps the proles ignorant but content, where a war without end is always fought and the government is always watching, can Winston possibly hold onto what he feels inside? Or will he renounce everything, accept the Party's reality and learn to love Big Brother?
Item Description:	"Matthew Dunster's adaptation of 1984 was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester on 1 March 2010 [...]".
Physical Description:	1 online resource (119 pages)
ISBN:	9781849432269 9781350205987