Nineteen Eighty-Four with Robert Icke
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George Orwell in Airstrip One. The writer and director Robert Icke joins Henry to explore the real-world locations in London that inspired George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Together they tour the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Love and Room 101. Robert co-adapted and co-directed the award-winning 2013 stage adaptation 1984, which has played on the West End and Broadway and toured the UK, the USA and Australia.   Penguin Modern Classics editions of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57013/nineteen-eighty-four/9780141187761.html https://apple.co/32u5uNJ   Penguin audiobook of Nineteen Eighty-Four, read by Peter Capaldi https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1057013/nineteen-eighty-four/9780141989969.html https://apple.co/3fSibVQ Robert Icke https://roberticke.com/ Robert Icke’s production of 1984 https://headlong.co.uk/productions/1984/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/1984-9781350262713/ UCL Senate House https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/using-library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-senate-house-hub   BBC Broadcasting House https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/buildings/broadcasting-house/   Untitled (Room 101) by Rachel Whiteread http://www.modusoperandi-art.com/projects/bbc_untitled_room_101/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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