Doublethink Theatre
Doublethink Theatre was a London-based theatre company, producing a diverse mixture of work, from classical to new writing, in intimate spaces. It was founded in 2006 by Patrick Myles, and its patron was the English actor Brian Blessed. The company's premiere production was Thomas Middleton's ''The Revenger's Tragedy'', in a new adaptation by Meredith Oakes, which played at the Southwark Playhouse. Subsequent productions include Aleksandr Ostrovsky's ''A Family Affair'', in a translation by Nick Dear, at the Arcola Theatre, Christopher Fry's ''The Lady's Not for Burning'' at the Finborough Theatre, and in a co-production with TFP, ''Orwell: A Celebration'' in an adaptation by Dominic Cavendish at the Trafalgar Studios. The company was the recipient of the Society of London Theatre New Producer Bursary. The company appears to have ceased operation in 2011, when its dormant Twitter and website accounts ceased updating. Productions * 2006 ''A Family Affair'' by Aleksandr Ostrovs ...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (also stylised as ''1984'') is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale written by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within society. Orwell, a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian state in the novel on Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within societies and the ways in which they can be manipulated. The story takes place in an imagined future in the year 1984, when much of the world is in perpetual war. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, has become a province of the totalitarian superstate Oceania, which is led by Big Brother, a dictatorial leader supported by an intense cult of personality manufactured by ...
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