US "peace mom" Sheehan in new play by Nobel winner

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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. peace activist Cindy Sheehan, who won wide attention with a vigil outside President George W. Bush's ranch in the name of her soldier son killed in Iraq, is the subject of a new play by Nobel laureate Dario Fo.

"Peace Mom" received its world premiere in London on Saturday night, starring British actress Frances de la Tour, with both Sheehan and Italian dramatist Fo in the audience.

The one-woman show is based on extracts from Sheehan's letters to Bush and other writings. De la Tour delivered the monologues beneath large pictures of Sheehan's son Casey and a tank in the Iraqi desert in front of a plume of fire.

"Frances did such an amazing job of conveying my feelings of anger and betrayal," a tearful Sheehan said after the play.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051211/us_nm/arts_sheehan_dc

[xchrom]

1. bravo!

:applause:

[katinmn]

2. What a wonderful tribute to Cindy and the anti-war movement

She deserves accolades like this for speaking truth to power.