Literary Verbatim Theatre between Actuality and Creativity: Reading of My Name is Rachel Corrie (2005)

It is historically known that many dramatists were sort of adaptors. Playwrights have often used myths, poems, historical events or even earlier stories as their source material but with literary verbatim theatre (the most text-based all subcategories), the audience deals facts found in original words a real figure who wrote privately and not for publication. Consequently, some accused growing popularity lacking creativity claiming it produced by playwright while others disagreed since undergoes selective editing process indicating ultimately creative process. This way play filtered goes name an “editor”. Selecting archives arranging given material, very subjective owes much to artist's predilections any rule dramaturgy. Alan Rickman Katherine Viner's My Name Rachel Corrie (2005) was developed from one hundred eighty-four pages young American activist's unpublished writings, including diaries e-mails, her parent's permission. The twenty-three year old killed Gaza Strip Israeli defense bulldozer she attempted prevent destruction Palestinian family's home. its unresolved conflict over Palestine addition cancelled production United States number times has made true controversial play. paper aims at expounding abovementioned points view shedding light where they meet leading understanding what John Grierson defined “the treatment actuality”.