My Name Is Rachel Corrie

By Rachel Corrie

Book Overview

"Extraordinary power... Funny, passionate, bristling with idealism and luminously intelligent." -TimeOut London

"You feel you have not just had a night at the theatre: you have encountered an extraordinary woman in this] stunning account of one woman's passionate response... Theatre can't change the world. But what it can do, when it's as good as this, is to send us out enriched by other people's passionate concern." -Guardian (London)

"An impassioned eulogy... It's hard not to be impressed - and also somewhat frightened - by the description of her as a two-year-old looking across Capital Lake in Washington State and announcing, 'This is the wide world, and I'm coming to it.'" -New York Times

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a twenty-three-year-old American, was crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer in Gaza as she was trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. My Name is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel's own journals, letters and emails - creating a portrait of a messy, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain-smoker (with a passion for the music of Pat Benatar), who left her home and school in Olympia, Washington, to work as an activist in the heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since its Royal Court premiere (London), the piece has been surrounded by both controversy and impassioned proponents, and has raised an unprecedented call to support political work and the difficult discourse it creates.

ALAN RICKMAN is a British actor and director, who directed the London and New York productions of the play. KATHERINE VINER is an award-winning journalist and editor of the Guardian's Weekend Magazine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559362960
• ISBN13: 9781559362962
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Packaged nicely

What a tragedy to such a beautiful soul. This will fit well in my library. Free Palestine!

Great book!

I think that this book has the ability to capture a person's attention on an emotional level as well as a political one. Rachel Corrie was a very profound writer, even as a teenager. In this book you get to experience her life the way that she did. She was a very special person and you can see that as you read this book. It was a tragedy the way she died, and I think that this book kind of does her memory some justice.

The Best in US

Rachel Corrie's communications in the weeks preceding her death, herein collected, are among the most elegant of testimonies to what is best in the human spirit. Rachel wrote, as she lived, for what counts, with precision, passion, and single-minded devotion.

correction to review below

Ms. Corrie belonged to the ISM (International Solidarity movement), not the PSM. The ISM is an organization dedicated to non-violence.

Stunning

This book. This story. This life. This world-- it's all in there. It should be part of social science curriculum in high schools and colleges. Rachel was a person of conviction. Her life and witness inspire us all.

we must not let the light go out

This tiny 52 page book is one of the most important pieces that I have read in my life. Rachel Corrie's writing, backed up by her work as a 5th grader and as an adult, is humbling. Alan Rickman's editing and placement is briliant. This book should be on every book club's list and on every thearter company's stage.