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The characters join together for a a musical number 'It's the Jews That Did It'
October 7, 2022, 4:55 pm
‘A bit like shul on yomtov’: a visit to Jews. In Their Own Words. at the Royal Court
Jonathan Freedland's West End play gives the stage to 12 Jewish voices he interviewed about antisemitism
By Beatrice Sayers
Royal Court Theatre
March 1, 2022, 2:59 pm
Royal Court Theatre ‘apologises unreservedly’ for antisemitic character name
Venue said the naming of a non-Jewish billionaire villain 'Hershel Fink' 'fell short of our own high ambitions in terms of inclusivity and anti-racism', following an internal review
Screenshot of the character Herschel Fink
December 10, 2021, 12:47 pm
Royal Court Theatre loses funding over antisemitic character name
Two major law firms will no longer support the venue as video of the Rare Earth Mettle character, originally named Hershel Fink, surfaces.
By Lee Harpin
Royal Court Theatre
November 8, 2021, 1:30 pm
OPINION: Royal Court antisemitism scandal was wilful, not unconscious
The scandal isn’t a one off - but endemic of an industry, of a section of society, which views hating Jews as the one form of racism people are still allowed to get away with, writes Nicole Lampert
By Nicole Lampert
Poster for a play that Maxine Peake has cancelled to highlight the plight of Palestinian playwrights and other artists targeted by the Israeli authorities. (Photo credit: Amnesty International UK/PA Wire)
July 30, 2019, 12:01 am
Maxine Peake ‘cancels’ fake play at Amnesty HQ in solidarity with Gaza theatre
Creator of the play, Ahmed Masoud, writes to ticket holders saying "there was never a play or a show, I didn’t write it and Maxine never rehearsed it.."
By Jenni Frazer
A Palestinian Hamas military policeman inspects the damage caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip after dozens of rockets were launched Wednesday from the coastal territory ruled by the Islamic militant Hamas group, the Israeli military said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
August 17, 2018, 1:02 pm
Open letter denounces Israel’s bombing of Gaza cultural centre
Directors and playwrights criticise the IDF's reported destruction of the Said al-Mishal Centre, which was a '“symbol of Palestinian culture and identity”
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