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Nineteen Eighty-Four

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by George Orwell
Adapted as a television play by Nigel Kneale
[Starring] Yvonne Mitchell, Peter Cushing and Andre Morell
The action takes place in 1984, in London, the chief city of 'Airstrip One' (formerly called Great Britain), now a Province of the State of Oceania.

(Second performance: Thursday at 9.30 p.m.)
See columns 3 and 4 and facing page

Contributors

Author:
George Orwell
Adapted by:
Nigel Kneale
Incidental music composed and conducted by:
John Hotchkis
Designer:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
Rudolph Cartier
The Party - Winston Smith:
Peter Cushing
The Party - O'Brien:
Andre Morell
The Party - Julia:
Yvonne Mitchell
The Party - Syme:
Donald Pleasence
The Party - Emmanuel Goldstein:
Arnold Diamond
The Party - Parsons:
Campbell Gray
The Party - Mrs. Parsons:
Hilda Fenemore
The Party - Parsons Girl:
Pamela Grant
The Party - Parsons Boy:
Keith Davis
The Party - Woman Supervisor:
Janet Barrow
The Proles - First Youth:
Norman Osborne
The Proles - Second Youth:
Tony Lyons
The Proles - Third Youth:
Malcolm Knight
The Proles - First Man:
John Baker
The Proles - Second Man:
Victor Platt
The Proles - Barman:
Van Boolen
The Proles - Old Man:
Wilfred Brambell
The Proles - Mr. Charrington:
Leonard Sachs
The Proles - Waiter:
Sydney Bromley
The Proles - Canteen Woman:
Janet Joye
Party workers, State prisoners, Thought Police:
[artists uncredited]

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