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The weighty tribulations of the Jewish legacy deserve a finer hearing
Key issues are ducked as Freedland preaches to the converted, writes MARY CONWAY
Stories gathered from real people and delivered by actors
[Manuel Harlan]
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Jews. In Their Own Words
Royal Court
THE Royal Court describes its production of Jonathan Freedland’s Jews. In Their Own Words as a “searing and incisive” verbatim play. Rather, it is a single-theme invective disguised as performance.
Not that it isn’t gripping.
The evening is devoted to a series of stories gathered from real people and delivered by actors. All focus on what it is like to be Jewish and how the abiding prejudice of centuries has dogged their lives. All enjoy the permission to give unchallenged accounts. All are equally nice, reasonable and charming individuals. All employ humour that targets a like-minded audience. Indeed, if it weren’t for the shocking content, it would be almost saccharine.
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