1984 Here and Now
| Title | 1984 Here and Now |
| Year for Search | 1987 |
| Authors | Kee, Thuan Chye(b. 1954) |
| Date Published | 1987 |
| Publisher | K. Das Ink |
| Place Published | Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Keywords | Malaysian author, Male author |
| Annotation | Dystopia. Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four adapted to contemporary Malaysia. |
| Info Notes | Book includes the play (1-89), "Call a Spade a Spade: 'Self-censorship one the greatest diseases'" (i-ii) by the author, "Big Brother Lives: Introduction" by Kit Leee (iii-xxi), reviews (93-148), and a "A Long-Distance Postscript" (149-56). First performed by the Five Arts Centre at Universiti Mayalya Experimental Theatre from 12-16 July 1985. |
| Author Note | Malaysian author (b. 1954) |
| Full Text | 1987 Kee, Thuan Chye (b. 1954). 1984 Here and Now. Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia: K. Das Ink. The book includes the play (1-89), “Call a Spade a Spade: ‘Self-censorship one the greatest diseases’” by the author (i-ii), “Big Brother Lives: Introduction” by Kit Leee (iii-xxi), reviews (93-148), and a “A Long-Distance Postscript” (149-56). Rev. in Postcolonial Plays: An Anthology. Ed. Helen Gilbert (London: Routledge, 2011), 254-72, with an editor’s “Introduction” (250-53). First performed by the Five Arts Centre at Universiti Mayalya Experimental Theatre from 12-16 July 1985. Dystopia. Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four adapted to contemporary Malaysia. |
