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''[[When Swallows Cry]]'' is a trilogy of playlets by [[Mike van Graan]].

==Original text==

''[[When Swallows Cry]]'' is a hard-hitting trilogy of playlets that explores the inequities and layered complexities of contemporary global mobility, particularly from African perspectives.

==Translations, adaptations==

The play was translated into Greek, and was performed in Athens from the last weekend of March 2019.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

2017: First produced at the [[Market Theatre]] (13 January to 5 February), directed by [[Lesedi Job]], with [[Warren Masemola]],
[[Christiaan Schoombie]] and [[Mpho Osei-Tutu]]. Subsequently presented at the [[Baxter Theatre]] (30 January-24 February 2018) with [[Marty Kintu]], [[Kai Luke Brummer]] and [[Mbulelo Grootboom]].

2018: Presented at the [[National Arts Festival]] (Fringe, 29 June-4 July 2018). The play has also had one-off shows in Malmo, Sweden (May 2018), Ethiopia (September 2018), Geneva, Zurich and Tubingen (November 2018), Kampala (November 2018), China (December 2018)

== Sources ==

https://mikevangraan.co.za/plays/when-swallows-cry

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