MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE at the CITIZENS THEATRE

When first performed in London , zionists being zionists made a crude , and highly illuminating , show of attempting to rubbish the memory of courageous Human Rights Peace Activist Rachel Corrie , at best they called her a naive dupe , at worst an aiding and abetting supporter of Terrorism.There efforts came to little avail because they merely generated more publicity and a greater general interest in the public mind to find out why the Israeli State and Military would wish to murder an innocent unarmed American Girl in cold blood.The Israelis may have wrongfully killed Rachel but they failed to kill her Humanity and , especially the heartfelt message she wished to convey to her community at home as well as the World at Large.They killed her body only to waken her memory , as the play title suggests all who are interested in politics and Human Rights now know her name thanks to Israeli Brutality.

I had tickets to see the London and Broadway highly acclaimed play at the Edinburgh fringe festival about 3 years ago but due to a slight misunderstanding over the 24 hour clock , which i blame on the info the ticket seller gave me , but my accompanying Friends on that humiliating excursion put down to a touch of Non Compos Mentis on my part.The net result was we arrived confidently at the venue when the audience was streaming out.And so it took all this time to finally see it , getting the embarrassing episode out my system.

The production is a superbly produced affair about a remarkable person in an extraordinary situation.It is an intense and emotionally charged testimony that will be a veritable charge sheet of the crimes of the Israeli Army and State in the court of Providence and Opinion of future generations.It is all the more Powerful in that it is told by an Ordinary American Girl in the language which every household there can readily relate to.

Here is the Directors view of the production:




Watching it makes it hard to believe the Actress is making her debut in a One Woman Play.The Performance is quite brilliant , taking the audience in hand and spiritualising them to the truth in hand , in a way Oscar Wilde would have understood when he praises the virtues of the Theatre Actress to the character Dorian Gray in thew short story of that name.Here she explains the process of playing Rachel and what the portrayal meant to her:



You can get the background of Rachels life and the legacy of her passing in this excellent website representing the Rachel Corrie Foundation set up in her memory and honour.

When the Israelis killed Rachel they did not realise this cruel and outrageous act would bring the American Consciousness to Life.

Here is the irrepressible and compassionate Alice Walker doing a tribute reading of some of the sensitive and deeply moving journal entries made by Rachel before her being Killed by Israelis using US Corporate made Machinery:



Here are some more of the journal entries which make up a good portion of the play.

Here is a moving emotional tribute poem to the life Rachel choose: