[4] Elsewhere, he explained that Seven Other Children shows "the tragedy of the Palestinian child as a victim of a distorted education about Israel".
[6] On 11 May, London's Evening Standard[7] carried an article with details of correspondence to Stirling from the Royal Court Theatre, where Seven Jewish Children was originally staged.
In the article, Stirling disagreed with the indication from Royal Court artistic director Dominic Cooke that the Churchill play needed no balance; the article stated that the Royal Court threatened legal action if Cooke's 'excuses' were read out onstage before the production of Seven Other Children at the New End Theatre.
[citation needed] Like the Churchill play, Stirling's work is performed by nine actors and each scene is set within a period of recent history.
The cast was Simona Armstrong, Martin Brody, Philip Chamberlin, Amerjit Deu, Joy McBrinn, Claire Malka, Jodie Osterland and Phineas Pett.