1984 at New National Theatre Tokyo

Following on from "Marjorie Prime", this is the sixth in our series of of presenting Japan Premiere of Western plays ta the NNTT. This time, we present "1984", an outstanding work nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in 2014.

Based on the George ORWELL novel "1984" written in 1948, this ambitious work is a dramatization exploring the significance of the "Principles of Newspeak" appended to the novel. The play transports us into the world of the novel based sometime after 2050, which is when the appendix is posited here to have been written, and presents things from the viewpoint of those living in that time, analysing post-nuclear-war 1984 society, when everyone was monitored and controlled.

The play is directed by OGAWA Eriko, who directed "OPUS" and "Constellations" and was appointed Artistic Consultant of Drama at the New National Theatre Tokyo in September 2016.

Authors

• George Orwell
• J. D. McClatchy
• Lorin Maazel
• Thomas Meehan