My Name is Rachel Corrie

My Name is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play by Katharine Viner and Alan Rickman, based on the diaries and emails of peace-activist Rachel Corrie.

The original text

To create to the play, journalist Katharine Viner and actor Alan Rickman edited the diaries and emails of peace-activist Rachel Corrie (1979–2003), who had been killed by an Israel Defense Forces soldier when she was aged 23. It was first performed in April 2005 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by Alan Rickman, and the play won the Theatregoers' Choice Awards for Best Director and Best New Play, as well as Best Solo Performance for actress Megan Dodds. Despite the contentiousness of the content, the play has had performances across the globe since then.

Performance history in South Africa

2013: Staged by the Hearts & Eyes Theatre Collective at the Grahamstown Festival with Kate Liquorish as Rachel, directed by Jaqueline Dommisse.

2014: Staged at the Market Theatre in October, with Kate Liquorish as Rachel, directed by Jaqueline Dommisse.

2015: Staged at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town and in the Barney Simon Theatre at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_Is_Rachel_Corrie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Viner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rickman

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

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