This Project Audion vintage radio recreation is an hour-long dramatization of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four…which was originally produced in August 1949, just months after the book was released to great acclaim. NBC University Theater adapted this scathing envisioning of the possible world future where "Freedom is Slavery" and "Big Brother is watching you." Big Brother is a part of our cultural currency now, but in 1949 "1984" this was a new and daring novel, and this early audio adaptation feels fresh - and still terrifying.
WINSTON SMITH: Dana Gonsalves, TX
ANNOUNCER: John Bell, AL
O'BRIEN: Les Marsden, CA
JULIA: Jesirae Kesler, TX
MR. PARSONS & OTHERS: Tom Konkle, CA
MR. SYME: Jason Johnson, TX
MRS. PARSONS: Rachel Pulliam, MO
ASSORTED VOICES: Jessica Matthews, TX
CHARRINGTON AND DIRECTION: Pete Lutz, TX
MUSIC/FX/PRODUCTION: Larry Groebe, TX
