"To Tell or To Question?" Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children: Theater as Witness to the Human Costs of Contemporary Conflict

• Main Author: Malone, Niamh
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Caryl Churchill; Gaza; political theatre; social drama; Seven Jewish Children
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss21/28; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1524/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n21_2022_2013_202014_5D_205.7_ForumKritika_Malone.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Caryl Churchill’s play Seven Jewish Children—written as Churchill’s ardent response to the refusal of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to broadcast an internationally backed appeal for aid relief for the Palestinian people––was one of the most controversial pieces of political theater to s...