{"product_id":"my-name-is-rachel-corrie-9781559362962","title":"My Name Is Rachel Corrie","description":"\"Extraordinary power... Funny, passionate, bristling with idealism and luminously intelligent.\" -\u003ci\u003eTimeOut London\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" -\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e (London) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.'\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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. \u003ci\u003eMy Name is Rachel Corrie\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eALAN RICKMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is a British actor and director, who directed the London and New York productions of the play. \u003cb\u003eKATHERINE VINER\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist and editor of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's Weekend Magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559362962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.84h x 5.22w x 0.21d","brand":"Rachel Corrie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659782582428,"sku":"9781559362962","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fabd11f9-383c-4c27-8c13-a7952c4236dd.jpg?v=1603895464","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-name-is-rachel-corrie-9781559362962","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}