by Tom McNab - in the anthology 1936: Berlin and other plays
Cast: 9m/2f
Plagued by ill-health, George Orwell travelled to the remote island of Jura determined to write his last work. This is the vivid portrait of a man wrestling with his ghosts as he struggles to finish his seminal novel, 1984. The play depicts his life on the island and his recovery from a boating accident as he deals with his visitors, real and imagined, with wry humour and perceptive wit.
Why it's great for your students: Most students know of the novel 1984, but few know anything about the man who wrote it. The play offers more than a biopic, with its dream sequences, flashbacks and Scottish humour. The playwright Tom McNab didn't turn to writing plays until he was in his seventies.
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