Jews. In Their Own Words review " appalling revelations in a gallop through centuries of bigotry
Royal Court, London Jonathan Freedland has turned 180,000 words drawn from interviews into a potent verbatim play about antisemitism and the blindspots of liberal institutions. The results feel urgent " but is its remit simply too large? This verbatim drama about antisemitism was, ironically, born out of an instance of antisemitism in the theatre now staging it, and it opens with a reference to that episode. A man em…