Set in a world where the oppressed rise against their rulers, Animal Farm, as the synopsis of the play puts it, follows a group of animals who overthrow their human master to establish a society built ...
George Orwell’s political fable marks its 80th anniversary, a fresh interpretation of Animal Farm is brought to the stage in a co-production with Theatre Royal Stratford East, Leeds Playhouse and ...
Tachia Newall (TV credit – Doctor Who) as Napoleon, had a fine powerful ... the West End or check here for more Off West-End Theatre The post Animal Farm, Snouts in the Trough, Stratford East ...
“Assume good intentions for as long as you can”, so says the playscript’s prefacing notes. This is the prevailing spirit with which Tatty Hennessy has adapted Orwell’s culturally ubiquitous novel.
Ghana forcefully shoots onto the scene of sovereign countries, carrying an ear-splitting voice of a united Africa. It sends ...
George Orwell famously wrote in Politics and the English Language (1946) that "political language is designed to make lies ...
The young animal will show how the animals who grow up under the oppressive pig ... of making Animal Farm more family-friendly is a bold undertaking, but could pay off as even Stoller was able ...
When Old Major dies, two younger pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, lead the animals in a successful revolution to take over the farm. The animals beat off attempts to retake the farm, but at a huge cost.
Productions of Animal Farm seem to come like buses ... whether it was farmer Jones (Kaya Ulasli) or pig Napoleon (a suitably authoritative Tachia Newall) overseeing the work.