"Verbatim" is a kind of documentary theatre in which drama is made from the precise words spoken by people in evidence, witnessing or remembering. Raising political issues and controversial topics, My Name Is Rachel..."Verbatim" is a kind of documentary theatre in which drama is made from the precise words spoken by people in evidence, witnessing or remembering. Raising political issues and controversial topics, My Name Is Rachel Corrie (2005) is not just a moving play about violence in the Palestinian conflict. It is the real story of the murder of an American activist's fighting to denounce the genocide of innocent people. The problems of censorship that the play suffered in his premiere in New York remark the voice of a controversial play in Broadway's world. This paper will examine the images of violence present in the play and the value of the speaker as a real witness展开更多
文摘"Verbatim" is a kind of documentary theatre in which drama is made from the precise words spoken by people in evidence, witnessing or remembering. Raising political issues and controversial topics, My Name Is Rachel Corrie (2005) is not just a moving play about violence in the Palestinian conflict. It is the real story of the murder of an American activist's fighting to denounce the genocide of innocent people. The problems of censorship that the play suffered in his premiere in New York remark the voice of a controversial play in Broadway's world. This paper will examine the images of violence present in the play and the value of the speaker as a real witness