Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Many critics consider Animal Farm a simple, beguiling text that primarily offers Orwell’s beautifully rendered take on the Russian Revolution. There has been little attention paid, however, to Orwell’s adaptation of the text for the BBC Third Programme, broadcast in 1947. This paper concentrates on the surviving script to tease out how that performance offers new perspectives on the novel itself. It also deals with Orwell’s own complex relationship with the BBC. Particular attention is paid to neglected characters, particularly Clover and Benjamin, and to largely-ignored elements such as the song ‘Beasts of England’. The paper encourages critics and readers to return to the novel in search of hidden or neglected resonances.
Authors: Potter, Simon J, Marks, Peter
Institution: The University of Sydney
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7135854166
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