Brave New World: A Play

by David Rogers, Aldous Huxley

Huxley s vision of the future in his astonishing 1931 novel Brave New World -- a world of tomorrow in which capitalist civilization has been reconstituted through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, where the people are genetically designed to be passive, consistently useful to the ruling class.

Genres: Plays, Fiction, Classics

110 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1970

Reviews

[Claudia Staude · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually read the latest version of this novel as a play by Douglas Post which came out through Dramatic Publishing in 2025. It is not even available via Goodreads searches yet so I used this older version to add it to my collection. I hope Goodreads will pick it up and add it soon.
Post’s adaptation is excellent and would stage fairly easily. I was impressed with how true he stayed to the novel. I think Huxley would’ve approved of it too!

[Sean Pollock · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid adaptation, but deeply racist.

[David Calahan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Um it is good, but the racism was just not for me, I really hope someone does another adaptation just not racist :)

[Mark Woodland]

An interesting adaptation, and worth reading (or seeing), but there's no substitution for reading the original book. I recommend doing so first, and then reading this play. That way, you'll have a more solid base upon which to form your own opinion about how effective the play is.

[Sophie]

cannot remember anything of it though.

[Ashby Daugherty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read it in one sitting, it was okay. A bit disappointing in light of the original work, but a pretty decent adaptation, all things considered.

[Phillip]

Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley (1960)