The Rachel Corrie exploiters never stop trying to push her story into the mainstream, or at least the hagiography they want gullible people to believe: Controversial Mideast play to be performed in NY. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A play about an American human rights activist who died in the Gaza Strip opens in New York in October, six months after it was pulled from the schedule at another theater amid charges of censorship. “My Name is Rachel Corrie” is a one-woman show based on diaries and e-mails written by the 23-year-old U.S. human rights campaigner killed by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16, 2003, trying to prevent demolition of a Palestinian building.

Producers Dena Hammerstein and Pam Pariseau said in a statement on Thursday the play would open at the off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theater on October 15, for a limited run to November 19. The play, directed by Alan Rickman, was a hit in London and was due to open in March at the New York Theater Workshop.

But weeks before opening night, the theater said it was postponed after discussions with people in the arts, “religious leaders” and “representatives of the Jewish community.” Rickman accused the theater of censorship, and the decision sparked heated debate about freedom of speech in the arts.

Corrie has long been a controversial figure, with critics accusing her of naivete and not giving equal weight to Israeli victims of Palestinian attacks, and supporters praising her for defending Palestinian civilians.

Corrie was not naive; she was a member of the notorious far-left International Solidarity Movement (lgf: search), whose history as the Western, “non-violent” arm of the Palestinian “resistance” is amply documented.

Reuters doesn’t think you need to know that about her.

And of course, this scene, staged for Palestinian children in Rafah shortly before Corrie’s death, is not in the play: