Rachel Corrie was born in 1979 into a middle-class family in Olympia, Washington. She became politically active on what she called 'anti-war/global justice issues', which homed in on US support for Israel against the Palestinians.
“Extraordinary power… Funny, passionate, bristling with idealism
and luminously intelligent.” – TimeOut London
“Deeply moving… The directness, the humor, the poetry, the
capcious-yet-never-morbid conscience: all of these are beautifully
captured.” – Indepndent (London)
“You feel you have not just had a night at the theatre: you have
encountered an extraordinary woman [in this] stunning account of
one woman’s passionate response… Theatre can’t change the world.
But what it can do, when it’s as good as this, is to send us out
enriched by other people’s passionate concern.” – Michael
Billington, Guardian (London)
“An impassioned eulogy… It’s hard not to be impressed – and also
somewhat frightened – by the description of her as a two-year-old
looking across Capital Lake in Washington State and announcing,
`This is the wide world, and I’m coming to it.’” – Matt Wolf, New
York Times
FOUR STARS: “Cerebral or emotional, however, you cannot come away
without plenty to think about.” – Raymond Whitakar, Independent
“Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner, who have edited Corrie’s
writings, offer a fully rounded picture of this passionate,
idealistic and at times infuriating young woman… quarrelling with
Corrie’s occasionally glib convictions, even as you admire her
courage, lends the show dramatic tension, and forces you to try to
tidy up your own muddled thinking on this vexed subject. And there
is no doubt that Corrie was a natural writer, who described life in
Gaza with rare power and precision. One leaves the theatre mourning
not only Rachel Corrie’s death but also one’s own loss of the
idealism and reckless courage of youth.” – Charles Spencer, Daily
Telegraph
FOUR STARS: “My Name is Rachel Corrie is a true and profoundly
moving story. As a piece of theatre, it belongs to verbatim genre,
pieced together by Alan Rickman and the journalist Katherine Viner
from the diaries, e-mails and lists of extremely articulate,
committed, courageous idealist Rachel Corrie. This drama is many
things. It’s a piece about growing up in America today, it’s a
piece about the nature of heroism; it’s a beautifully written and
structured chronicle of a death of a foretold.” – Georgina Brown,
Mail on Sunday
Extraordinary power
Funny, passionate, bristling with idealism
and luminously intelligent.” TimeOut London
Deeply moving
The directness, the humor, the poetry, the
capcious-yet-never-morbid conscience: all of these are beautifully
captured.” Indepndent (London)
You feel you have not just had a night at the theatre: you have
encountered an extraordinary woman [in this] stunning account of
one woman’s passionate response
Theatre can’t change the world.
But what it can do, when it’s as good as this, is to send us out
enriched by other people’s passionate concern.” Michael
Billington, Guardian (London)
An impassioned eulogy
It’s hard not to be impressed and also
somewhat frightened by the description of her as a two-year-old
looking across Capital Lake in Washington State and announcing,
This is the wide world, and I’m coming to it.’” Matt Wolf, New
York Times
FOUR STARS: Cerebral or emotional, however, you cannot come away
without plenty to think about.” Raymond Whitakar, Independent
Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner, who have edited Corrie’s
writings, offer a fully rounded picture of this passionate,
idealistic and at times infuriating young woman
quarrelling with
Corrie’s occasionally glib convictions, even as you admire her
courage, lends the show dramatic tension, and forces you to try to
tidy up your own muddled thinking on this vexed subject. And there
is no doubt that Corrie was a natural writer, who described life in
Gaza with rare power and precision. One leaves the theatre mourning
not only Rachel Corrie’s death but also one’s own loss of the
idealism and reckless courage of youth.” Charles Spencer, Daily
Telegraph
FOUR STARS: My Name is Rachel Corrie is a true and profoundly
moving story. As a piece of theatre, it belongs to verbatim genre,
pieced together by Alan Rickman and the journalist Katherine Viner
from the diaries, e-mails and lists of extremely articulate,
committed, courageous idealist Rachel Corrie. This drama is many
things. It’s a piece about growing up in America today, it’s a
piece about the nature of heroism; it’s a beautifully written and
structured chronicle of a death of a foretold.” Georgina Brown,
Mail on Sunday
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