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THEATRE REVIEW: Royal Court’s ‘Clybourne Park’

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Race relations in a Chicago suburb in 1959 and 50 years later take a savage but hilarious beating in the Royal Court’s “Clybourne Park” by Bruce Norris, now transferred to the West End. In 1959, … Continue reading

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BERLIN FILM REVIEW: Simon Bitton’s documentary ‘Rachel’

By Ray Bennett BERLIN – The drive to keep alive the name of a young American woman who died beneath a U.S.-made bulldozer driven by an Israeli soldier in Palestine continues in Simone Bitton’s sober documentary “Rachel.” The idealistic Rachel … Continue reading

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THEATRE REVIEW: ‘My Name is Rachel Corrie’

By Ray Bennett LONDON – One of the most disturbing things about “My Name is Rachel Corrie,” the Royal Court play based on the journals and e-mails of a young American who died in Palestine for no apparent reason, is … Continue reading

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