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“My Name is Rachel Corrie” Cancelled at Canadian Theater

HeadlineDec 26, 2006

A play featuring the writings of the late American peace activist Rachel Corrie has been silenced —-— for the second time. The Canadian theater company CanStage has announced it’s canceling plans to present the play “My Name is Rachel Corrie” in Toronto. Corrie was 23 years old when she was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in March 2003. Earlier this year, the New York Theatre Workshop drew international headlines when it backed out of an agreement to stage the play. The Theatre Workshop cited complaints about the play’s criticism of Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories. It appears similar concerns have led to the CanStage decision. In an interview with Variety magazine, CanStage board member Jack Rose admitted he had neither read nor seen the play, but said: “My view was it would provoke a negative reaction in the Jewish community.”

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