[Marxism] Review of "My Name is Rachel Corrie", now playing in New York City

[Sayan Bhattacharyya]

The New York Times
October 16, 2006
THEATER REVIEW | 'MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE'

 Notes From a Young Idealist in a World Gone Awry
By BEN BRANTLEY

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 The play, directed by Mr. Rickman, is not an animated recruiting
poster for Palestinian activists. Its deeper fascination lies in its
invigoratingly detailed portrait of a passionate political idealist in
search of a constructive outlet. And its inevitable sentimental power
is in its presentation of a blazing young life that you realize is on
the verge of being snuffed out. (I kept thinking of the letters from
Julian Bell, Virginia Woolf's nephew, who was killed in the Spanish
Civil War.)

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Full text: <http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/theater/reviews/16rach.html?ref=arts>