Editing George Orwell (section)

===Modern culture===
[[File:Society Publications.jpg|thumb|upright|Selection of publications by [[the Orwell Society]]]]
The [[The Orwell Society|Orwell Society]] was formed in 2011 to promote understanding of the life and work of Orwell. A registered UK charity, it was founded and inaugurated by [[Dione Venables]] at [[Phyllis Court]] members club in [[Henley-on-Thames]], Oxfordshire, a club that was often visited by Orwell in his youth.<ref>{{cite news |title=History |url=https://orwellsociety.com/about-the-society/history/ |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=The Orwell Society}}</ref>

Apart from theatre adaptations of his books, several works were written with Orwell as one of the main characters.

* In 2012 a musical play, ''One Georgie Orwell'', by Peter Cordwell and Carl Picton was performed at the [[Greenwich Theatre]], London. It explored Orwell's life, his concerns for the world that he lived in, and for the Britain that he loved.<ref>Venables, Dione (6 May 2012). ''[https://orwellsociety.com/review-one-georgie-orwell/ One Georgie Orwell @ Greenwich Theatre]'' The Orwell Society.</ref> 
* In 2014 a play by the playwright [[Joe Sutton]] titled ''Orwell in America'' was first performed by the Northern Stage theatre company in White River Junction, Vermont. It is a fictitious account of Orwell doing a book tour in the United States (something he never did in his lifetime). It moved to [[off-Broadway]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jaworowski|first1=Ken|title=Review: A Dynamic Actor Redeems 'Orwell in America'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/theater/review-orwell-in-america.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/theater/review-orwell-in-america.html |archive-date=2 January 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|work=The New York Times|date=16 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 
* In 2017 ''Mrs Orwell'' by the British playwright Tony Cox opened at the [[The Old Red Lion, Islington|Old Red Lion Theatre]]&nbsp;in London&nbsp;before transferring&nbsp;to the&nbsp;[[Southwark Playhouse]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 August 2017 |title=Mrs Orwell review – Cressida Bonas is persuasive as Orwell's muse and mistress |url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/aug/06/mrs-orwell-review-tony-cox |access-date=6 January 2023 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> The play centres on Orwell's second wife Sonia Brownell (played by [[Cressida Bonas]]), her reasons for marrying Orwell and her relationship with Lucian Freud.
* In 2019, Tasmanian theatre company Blue Cow presented the play ''101'' by Cameron Hindrum,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tale of legendary author brought to life – Eastern Shore Sun |date=15 July 2019 |url=https://www.easternshoresun.com.au/tale-of-legendary-author-brought-to-life/ |access-date=6 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref> in which Orwell is seen working on his novel ''1984'' "while keeping his severe illness at bay and balancing the demands of fatherhood, art, family and success."<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2022 |title=101 – Australian Plays Transform |url=https://apt.org.au/product/101-2/ |access-date=6 January 2023 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
*Orwell is the main character in a 2017 novel ''The Last Man in Europe'' by the Australian author [[Dennis Glover]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Last Man in Europe by Dennis Glover {{!}} Review Essay by Ben Brooker |url=https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/review/the-last-man-in-europe-review/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=Sydney Review of Books |language=en |archive-date=20 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820045229/https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/review/the-last-man-in-europe-review/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*The young Eric Blair is the main character in [[Paul Theroux]]'s 2024 novel ''[[Burma Sahib]]'', a fictional narrative of Blair's five years in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 March 2024 |title=Burma Sahib: A Personal (Re)View |url=https://orwellsociety.com/burma-sahib-a-personal-review/ |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=The Orwell Society |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Orwell's birthplace, a [[bungalow]] in [[Motihari]], Bihar, India, was opened as a museum in May 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/british-novelist-george-orwell-motihari-bihar/1/438537.html|title=George Orwell's house in Bihar turned into museum|date=17 May 2015|website=India Today|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref>