My Name is Rachel Corrie: The Writings of Rachel Corrie - Couverture souple

Corrie, Rachel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1854599062 ISBN 13 : 9781854599063

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 2005

Synopsis

Why did a 23-year-old woman leave her comfortable American life to stand between a bulldozer and a Palestinian home? "My Name is Rachel Corrie" tells the story of her short life and sudden death from the words she left behind. First presented at the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by Alan Rickman - it was subsequently presented in the West End and on tour throughout the UK.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Why did a 23-year-old woman leave her comfortable American life to stand between a bulldozer and a Palestinian home? The story of Rachel Corrie's short life and sudden death is told in the words she left behind.

My Name is Rachel Corrie is a play based on Rachel's diaries and emails, edited by Alan Rickman, who directed it, and journalist Katharine Viner. Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 March 16, 2003) was an American Evergreen State College student and member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada. She was killed by a Caterpillar D9R armoured bulldozer operated by the Israel Defense Forces during a protest against the destruction of Palestinian homes by the IDF in the Gaza Strip. The details of the events surrounding Corrie's death, as she stood between an Israeli bulldozer and a Palestinian home, are disputed. While an Israeli military investigation ruled the death at its own hands to be "an accident," eyewitnesses maintain that Corrie was run over deliberately.

Alan Rickman first staged My Name is Rachel Corrie in April 2005 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, and the play went on to win the Theatregoers' Choice Awards for Best Director and Best New Play, as well as Best Solo Performance for actress Megan Dodds.

The play was scheduled to be transferred to the New York Theatre Workshop in March 2006. However, the New York theatre decided that, because of its political content, the play was to be "postponed indefinitely", after the artistic director polled numerous Jewish groups to get their reaction to the play. Rickman and Viner denounced the decision and withdrew the show. The play ran as a commercial production at the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village in the fall of 2006

Biographie de l'auteur

Rachel Corrie (1979-2003) was an American college student who joined other foreign nationals working for the International Solidarity Movement in Gaza in January 2003, where she was killed by an Israeli bulldozer while protesting.

Alan Rickman was an English actor and director known for playing a variety of roles on stage and on screen. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing in modern and classical theatre productions, as well as gaining wider notice for his film performances as Hans Gruber in Die Hard and Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series.

Katharine Viner is editor-in-chief of the Guardian, a position she has held since June 2015. She joined the Guardian as a writer in 1997. She was appointed deputy editor of the Guardian in 2008; launched the award-winning Guardian Australia in 2013; and was also editor of Guardian US, based in New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1854599062
• ISBN 13: 9781854599063
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Éditeur: Rickman Alan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible