Christopher Hart of the Sunday Times has penned a mesmeric review of Caryl Churchill’s ludicrous Seven Jewish Children play.
He writes: “Seven Jewish Children isn’t art, it’s straitjacketed political orthodoxy. No surprises, no challenges, no risks. Only the enclosed, fetid, smug, self-congratulating and entirely irrelevant little world of contemporary political theatre.”
Well said. And well said John Nathan who reviewed it in the Jewish Chronicle, concluding: “For the first time in my career as a critic, I am moved to say about a work at a major production house that this is an antisemitic play.”
Shame on the Royal Court Theatre for putting on this pile of deceitful racist crap. They are either very naive, or very bad.
Stay tuned for a possible announcement tomorrow regarding this issue.
annie
Bravo to Mr. Hart for his review. At least someone out there in the British mainstream media condemned the play. Well done to the JC too, but of course that is rather preaching to the converted and it also doesn’t get the same coverage amongst the British public.
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