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Dahl, who died in 1990 at the age of 74, also said in an interview months before his death that he was certainly anti-Israel and I have become anti-Semitic.

His family issued an apology in 2020 for his anti-Semitism, saying that his past remarks were incomprehensible to them.

Published on the authors website signed by the Dahl family and the Roald Dahl Story Company, which manages the rights of the authors characters and stories, it said that they deeply apologise for the lasting and understandable hurt.

Giant, which will run in the Royal Court Theatre from late September to mid-November, will grapple with the authors remarks through performances by award-winning actors John Lithgow as Dahl and Elliot Levey as Dahls publisher, Tom Maschler.

According to publicity material, the play depicts the author being rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, which means he is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation.

It is Rosenblatts debut stage production, but the writer and director has previously made short films that were inspired by the aftermath of his familys Holocaust survival.

He said: I really hope Giant gives Royal Court audiences an uncomfortably funny, urgent and provocative night in the theatre.

Speaking about Dahls legacy, the spokesman for the Campaign Against Antisemitism said: While Roald Dahls stories entertain and delight millions of children, and should continue to do so, it is important that people know about the darker side of the man.

In 2022, the theatre was bombarded with abusive anti-Semitic harassment while showing a play entitled, Jews. In Their Own Words.

It was widely viewed as the theatres attempts to right wrongs of the past but was received with a strong of antisemitic trolling and horrible abuse.

The Jewish Chronicle reported at the time that some complainants harassed the theatres box office staff on the phone, while others used Twitter to accuse it of betrayal for showcasing Jewish voices.

Jews. In Their Own Words analysed both historic and contemporary anti-Semitism through actors playing 12 real Jewish people, including Howard Jacobson, the Booker Prize-winning novelist, and Luciana Berger, a former Labour MP.

The Royal Court has been contacted for comment.

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Roald Dahl's anti-Semitism explored at theatre forced to apologise to Jewish people - The Telegraph

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