To a younger generation George Sanders was the voice of Shere Khan in The Jungle Book, but, before that, he was the suavest of Hollywood villains.
Off screen, he was a witty and perceptive observer of every aspect of the movie business – stars, Oscars, mad directors, madder psychiatrists – and himself.
His revealing comments on all this, and on such screen legends as Marilyn Monroe, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Tyrone Power are recorded in his autobiography, here brought to the stage by David Harrold in a ‘multi-faceted’ performance that is, ‘by turns, both moving and hilariously funny’.
Set at a checkpoint on the West Bank, this play for young people looked at the conflicts between the groups that meet there: IDF soldiers, Palestinian families and peace activists. The audience were placed in an Avenue Theatre setting to increase their empathic involvement and invited to participate in discussion after the performance.
The production team gained much from working with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme and Windows for Peace, which works to bring Palestinian and Israeli children together in mutual understanding and creative enterprise. Websites: