Caryl Churchill's play, Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza is coming to New York. Excellent news. It's an outrage the BBC doesn't feel it can air the play on Radio 4 because it might damage its 'impartiality', but it had a sell-out run at the Royal Court. The Israeli war on the people of Gaza has produced a crop of plays of which Go to Gaza , Drink the Sea is a stunner, but has also attracted criticism from the pro-Israel crowd. See our answer to these critics in our post Why Gaza plays take a stand for justice, and our earlier report on Churchill's play, and the Zionist attack dog Melanie Phillips, here
The New York Theater Workshop and two theaters in Washington will hold staged readings this month of Caryl Churchill’s provocative new play, “Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza,” along with talk-back sessions with audiences about the piece’s controversial portrayal of some Israelis, leaders of the theaters said Sunday.
The play, which runs just 8 to 10 minutes, features members of a Jewish family instructing children about how to view violence affecting them, from the Holocaust to the Palestinian uprisings and the Israeli military campaign in Gaza this winter. Ms. Churchill, who opposed the Gaza offensive, includes some incendiary comments about Palestinians in the script, with one character saying, “I wouldn’t care if we wiped them out.”
From the New York Times
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