1984 is a 2013 play by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan based on the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
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Production history
The production premiered at the Nottingham Playhouse on Friday 13 September 2013 in a co-production with the Almeida Theatre and Headlong. It was created and directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan, designed by Chloe Lamford, lighting was designed by Natasha Chivers, sound by Tom Gibbons, and video by Tim Reid.
Following a UK tour, the production transferred to the Almeida Theatre in Islington from 8 February to 29 March 2014 where it later transferred into London's West End to the Playhouse Theatre from 28 April to 23 August 2014 where it was co-produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. The production was nominated for Best New Play at the 2014 Laurence Olivier Awards but lost to Chimerica, another Almeida Theatre production. This was followed by another UK tour.
In 2015 the production returned to the Playhouse Theatre in the West End from 12 June to 5 September. Following the 2015 West End run, the production toured to Nottingham and Bath before travelling to Melbourne in Australia and Santa Monica, Boston and Washington in the United States.
In 2016 the production returned for a third time to the Playhouse Theatre in the West End from 14 June to 29 October.
In 2017, Icke and Macmillan released a US edition of the play, and directed a new American cast for the play's opening on Broadway. The Broadway production opened at the Hudson Theatre on June 22 (previews beginning May 18) for a limited run until October 8, starring Tom Sturridge, Olivia Wilde and Reed Birney.
In 2017, a version of the production played on an Australian tour, playing in Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Perth, from May 13 through August 13.
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Characters and cast
Awards and nominations
Original Broadway production
References
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