'1984: A Nightmare': stage adaptation by Pavel Kohout (translated by Jiri Zizka and Michael Ladenson) Script for a play entitled '1984: A Nightmare' by Pavel Kohout, adapted from the novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' by George Orwell. This version was prepared by the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia (75 pages). Some text on the cover page explains that it has been 'Translated/adapted from the German for the American Stage by Jiri Zizka and Michael Ladenson. There is an accompanying letter from The Wilma Theatre. See ORWELL/P/6 for a different translation of the same adaptation. 1986