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Orwell : a celebration / adapted by Dominic Cavendish ; [adapted from the writings of] George Orwell.
- Title
- Orwell : a celebration / adapted by Dominic Cavendish ; [adapted from the writings of] George Orwell.
- Author
- Cavendish, Dominic.
- Publication
- London : Oberon Books, 2009.
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- Description
- 80 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "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."--Publisher description.
- Series Statement
- Oberon modern plays
- Uniform Title
- Coming up for air.
- Oberon modern plays.
- Alternative Title
- George Orwell
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Adaptations
- Note
- Monologue adaptation of George Orwell's Coming up for air and dramatisations of Orwell's essay Shooting an elephant and A hanging.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- St Andrew's Day -- Coming up for air -- Shooting an elephant -- A hanging -- The Ministry of Love (extract from Nineteen eighty-four).
- ISBN
- 1840029315
- 9781840029314
- LCCN
- 60001104019
- OCLC
- 404718166
- SCSB-12864456
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library