Seven Jewish Children

ROOMS Productions’ Chicago Premiere of Caryl Churchill’s newest piece commenting on current events between Israel and Gaza.

The full text of the play can be downloaded here.

The play was deemed unsuitable for broadcast by the BBC. Guardian story here. The Guardian also provides the full text of the play and says of it: “First produced at the Royal Court earlier this month, Caryl Churchill’s play for Gaza has divided critics and audiences. The Guardian’s Michael Billington called it a ‘heartfelt lamentation‘, while the Times found it ‘straitjacketed political orthodoxy‘. For Howard Jacobson, it is ‘wantonly inflammatory‘. Bloggers have debated whether the play is antisemitic. Judge for yourself: here is the full text of Churchill’s play.”

Following performances n the States, it is also discussed by American playwright Tony Kushner & Alisa Solomon in ‘Tell her the truth’, the Nation 26 March (13 April publication) dateline.