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In an interview, James C. Nicola, the workshop's artistic director, insisted that they wanted only to postpone, not cancel, the show, despite declarations by the authors and the Royal Court Theater. Mr. Nicola originally said that he had spoken to religious leaders in making his decision; this week he said that the workshop did a wide reaching out into the complexity of the community of New York that included reading Palestinian views on Web sites. Mr. Nicola said that they soon realized there was not enough time to work out the concerns and complete the general artistic process and informed the Royal Court on Feb. 17 that the workshop would delay the production. 