{"id":5012,"date":"2006-03-10T23:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-10T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:14:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:14:38","slug":"epalestine-censorship-of-worst-kind-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2006\/03\/epalestine-censorship-of-worst-kind-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Censorship of the Worst Kind – by VANESSA REDGRAVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

For more info on Rachel visit: <\/strong><\/span><\/font>http:\/\/www.rachelcorrie.org\/<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n


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The Second Death of Rachel Corrie<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Censorship of the Worst Kind<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

by VANESSA REDGRAVE<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Counterpunch  <\/span><\/font>½<\/span><\/font>  6 March 2006<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\n <\/font>I<\/strong><\/span><\/font> <\/strong><\/span><\/font>am urging the Royal Court Theatre to sue the New York Theatre Workshop for the cancellation of the production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie". Not because I donated money for this production, which the Royal Court have been fundraising for – a target of 50,000 pounds, underwritten by Alan Rickman.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>This is censorship of the worst kind.  More awful even than that. It is black-listing a dead girl and her diaries. A very brave and exceptional girl who all citizens, whatever their faith or nationality, should be proud and grateful for her existence. They couldn’t silence her voice while she lived, so she was killed. Her voice began to speak again as Alan Rickman read her diaries, and Megan Dodds became Rachel Corrie. Now the New York Theatre Workshop have silenced that dear voice.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n


\n I shall never forget the glimpse, at the close of Alan Rickman’s production, of Rachel when 10 years old, shot on a little family movie camera, making her speech about world poverty and the urgent need to end the misery. The New York Theatre Workshop have silenced that little girl, as well as the girl who confronted the Israeli army Caterpillar bulldozer.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>There has to be a court case on the sheer fact of the cancellation of this production. I suppose lawyers were consulted about the word "postponed". We in the theatre know however what cancelling a production means, whatever words are used. Megan Dodds, and a crew lose their jobs. The Royal Court Theatre lose a production that was a few weeks from opening in New York City.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font><\/font>For the Royal Court Theatre were producing "Rachel Corrie", with the New York Theatre Workshop, and putting up a lot of money – $100,000 dollars.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>I hope that all theatre artists, writers, designers, actors, directors, independent producers and artists’ representatives will make their protests known publicly as well as directly to the New York Theatre Workshop management. I hope that American Actors Equity will be asked to take up and support the Royal Court Theatre producer, Elyse Dodgson, the director, Alan Rickman, and the actress Megan Dodds.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>If this cancellation is not transformed into a new production, somewhere in New York, immediately, we would be complicit, all of us, in a catastrophe that must not be allowed to take place. This play is not about taking sides. It is about protecting human beings.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n


\n In this case, Palestinian human beings who have no protection, for their families, their homes or their streets.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n


\n Rachel Corrie gave her life to protect a family. She didn’t have or use a gun or bomb.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n


\n She had her huge humanity, and she gave that to save lives.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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For more info on Rachel visit: http:\/\/www.rachelcorrie.org\/ The Second Death of Rachel Corrie Censorship of the Worst Kind by VANESSA REDGRAVE Counterpunch  ½  6 March 2006 https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110703184729\/http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/redgrave03062006.html I am urging the Royal Court Theatre to sue the New York Theatre Workshop for the cancellation of the production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie". Not because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-5012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"

Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour was instrumental in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision<\/a> and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n

A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201cThe Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n

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