Popular among the revolutionary animal-comrades who rise up against tyranny in George Orwell’s 1945 classic is the chant: “Four legs good, two legs bad.” It refers to the banning of all bipeds – humans in particular – on their farm after the overthrow of the violent farmer, Mr Jones, and his tyranny.
So how does that work in stage enactments when the animals are represented by humans, who very much walk on two legs?
