Editing Animal Farm (section)

==Adaptations==
===Stage productions===
[[File:ANIMAL_FARM_National_Youth_Theatre_outdoors_at_Soulton_Hall.jpg|thumb|A National Youth Theatre performance of Animal Farm at Soulton Hall]]

A theatrical version, with music by [[Richard Peaslee]] and lyrics by [[Adrian Mitchell]], was staged at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] London on 25 April 1984, directed by [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]. It toured nine cities in 1985.{{sfn|Orwell|2013|page=341}}

A solo version, adapted and performed by [[Guy Masterson]], premiered at the [[Traverse Theatre]] Edinburgh in January 1995 and has toured worldwide since.{{sfn|One man ''Animal''|2013}}{{sfn|''Animal Farm''}}

In 2021, during pandemic restrictions, the [[National Youth Theatre]] toured a stage version of ''Animal Farm;'' this run included outdoor performances on a farm at [[Soulton Hall]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bentley|first=Charlotte|title=National Youth Theatre heads to Shropshire stage 'sanctuary' for Animal Farm|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/theatre-and-comedy/2021/06/17/national-youth-theatre-brings-animal-farm-to-shropshire-countryside/|access-date=23 June 2021|website=shropshirestar.com|date=17 June 2021}}</ref>

A new adaptation written and directed by [[Robert Icke]], designed by [[Bunny Christie]] with puppetry designed and directed by Toby Olié opened at the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]] in January 2022 before touring the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Animal Farm stage adaptation cast, tour dates and more revealed {{!}} WhatsOnStage|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/birmingham-theatre/news/animal-farm-stage-adaptation-cast-tour-dates_54874.html|access-date=2022-01-29|website=whatsonstage.com|date=10 September 2021}}</ref>

The Russian composer [[Alexander Raskatov]] has written an [[Animal Farm (opera)|opera]] based on the book. Its premiere took place on 4 March 2023 in Amsterdam as part of [[Dutch National Opera]]'s 2022/2023 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-29 |title=Dutch National Opera, Wiener Staatsoper & Teatro Massimo to Collaborate on ''Animal Farm''|url=https://operawire.com/dutch-national-opera-wiener-staatsoper-teatro-massimo-to-collaborate-on-animal-farm/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=OperaWire}}</ref>

===Films===
''Animal Farm'' has been adapted to film twice. Both differ from the novel and have been accused of taking significant liberties, including sanitising some aspects.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
* [[Animal Farm (1954 film)|''Animal Farm'']] (1954) is an animated film, in which Napoleon is eventually overthrown in a second revolution. In 1974, [[E. Howard Hunt]] revealed that he had been sent by the [[CIA]]'s [[Psychological Warfare]] department to obtain the film rights from Orwell's widow, and the resulting 1954 animation was funded by the agency.{{sfn|Chilton|2016}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Senn |first=Samantha |date=2015-10-01 |title=All Propaganda is Dangerous, but Some are More Dangerous than Others: George Orwell and the Use of Literature as Propaganda |url=https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol8/iss5/14 |journal=Journal of Strategic Security |volume=8 |issue=5 |pages=149–161 |doi=10.5038/1944-0472.8.3S.1483 |s2cid=145306291 |issn=1944-0464|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[Animal Farm (1999 film)|''Animal Farm'']] (1999) is a live-action TV version that shows Napoleon's regime collapsing in on itself, with the farm having new human owners, reflecting the collapse of Soviet communism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Animal Farm (1954, 1999) |url=https://lozierinstitute.org/movie-reviews/animal-farm-1954-1999/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Lozier Institute}}</ref>

[[Andy Serkis]] is directing an [[Animal Farm (2025 film)|upcoming animated film adaptation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/animal-farm-andy-serkis-cinesite-imaginarium-1235132208/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Andy Serkis Teams With Cinesite on 'Animal Farm' Adaptation|author=Giardina, Carolyn|date=19 April 2022|access-date=19 January 2023}}</ref>

===Radio dramatisations===
A BBC radio version, produced by [[Rayner Heppenstall]], was broadcast in January 1947. Orwell listened to the production at his home in Canonbury Square, London, with [[Hugh Gordon Porteus|Hugh Gordon Porteous]], amongst others. Orwell later wrote to Heppenstall that Porteous, "who had not read the book, grasped what was happening after a few minutes".{{sfn|Orwell|2013|page=112}}

A further radio production, again using Orwell's dramatisation of the book, was broadcast in January 2013 on [[BBC Radio 4]]. [[Tamsin Greig]] narrated, and the cast included [[Nicky Henson]] as Napoleon, [[Toby Jones]] as the propagandist Squealer, and [[Ralph Ineson]] as Boxer.{{sfn|Real George Orwell}}

===Comic strip===
[[File:Animal Farm strip cartoon.jpg|thumb|A [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign Office]] copy of the first instalment of Pett and Freeman's ''Animal Farm'' comic strip]]

In 1950, [[Norman Pett]] and his writing partner [[Don Freeman]] were secretly hired by the [[Information Research Department]], a secret department of the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign Office]], to adapt ''Animal Farm'' into a comic strip. This comic was not published in the United Kingdom but ran in Brazilian and Burmese newspapers.{{sfn|Norman Pett}}

===Video game===

Developers Nerial and The Dairymen released a game based on the book in December 2020, entitled ''Orwell's Animal Farm'', for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] in coordination with the Orwell Estate.