Vanessa Redgrave: Censorship of the Worst Kind

Vanessa Redgrave: Censorship of the Worst Kind: "March 6, 2006 | The Second Death of Rachel Corrie | By VANESSA REDGRAVE

I am urging the Royal Court Theatre to sue the New York Theatre Workshop for the cancellation of the production of 'My Name Is Rachel Corrie'. Not because I donated money for this production, which the Royal Court have been fundraising for--a target of 50,000 pounds, underwritten by Alan Rickman.

This is censorship of the worst kind. More awful even than that.It is black-listing a dead girl and her diaries.A very brave and exceptional girl who all citizens, whatever their faith or nationality, should be proud and grateful for her existence. They couldn't silence her voice while she lived, so she was killed. Her voice began to speak again as Alan Rickman read her diaries, and Megan Dodds became Rachel Corrie.Now the New York Theatre Workshop have silenced that dear voice." ...