Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four is an American television adaptation of the novel of the same name by George Orwell that was broadcast on CBS in the fall of 1953. The play was written by William Templeton, directed by Paul Nickell, and produced by Felix Jackson for the CBS Westinghouse Studio One series. Broadcast on September 21, 1953, it was the first screen adaptation of the novel. Running to just under 50 minutes, it is a much-shortened version of the novel's narrative, with some changes, such as the character of Emmanuel Goldstein being changed to "Cassandra." Templeton went on to co-write the 1956 film version, in which the character was similarly re-named as "Cellador." In 2008, Koch Vision released the Studio One Anthology, containing 1984...