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Broadway's 'Giant' Explores Roald Dahl's Controversial Legacy
3/26/2026
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Story summary
- The Broadway play Giant portrays Roald Dahl, the children's author, at his Gipsy House estate in 1983.
- John Lithgow portrays Roald Dahl as he prepares to publish The Witches.
- Dahl publishes a review of a book about the Lebanon war that includes inflammatory remarks about Jews and Israel, provoking public outrage.
- The play reflects on Dahl's complex legacy amid his literary success.
