Year of the Rat
March 27, 2008
Year of the Rat
Venue: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date Reviewed: 19th March 2008
Year of the Rat begins with George Orwell (Hugo Speer) alone on the Scottish isle of Jura banging out 1984 on his archaic typewriter. He is joined by the strong-willed and independent Sonia Brownell (Claudia Elmhirst), the model for Julia in his totalitarian classic novel. Perhaps partly out of pity for Orwell’s loneliness and depression she whisks him off to bed in the first scene, with the audience treated to a fleeting glimpse of her assets. Read more