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==Original text==
 
==Original text==
  
The [[Fugard Theatre]] commissioned [[Mike van Graan]] to write a play in 2018. For this project, he extended a ten-minute piece he had written in 2015 as part of a project he undertook with the University of Iowa into a full-length play. In this work he explores the theme of the sanctity of life, mercy killing and related issues.
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The [[Fugard Theatre]] commissioned [[Mike van Graan]] to write a play in 2018. For this project, he extended a ten-minute piece he had written in 2015 as part of a project he undertook with the University of Iowa into a full-length play. Written in 2019, this work he explores the theme of the sanctity of life, mercy killing and related issues through the tale of a family tragedy in which a young man is involved in a motor vehicle accident and is terribly maimed..
  
 
==Translations, adaptations==
 
==Translations, adaptations==

Revision as of 15:39, 29 June 2024

What We Wish For is a play by Mike van Graan (1959-).

Original text

The Fugard Theatre commissioned Mike van Graan to write a play in 2018. For this project, he extended a ten-minute piece he had written in 2015 as part of a project he undertook with the University of Iowa into a full-length play. Written in 2019, this work he explores the theme of the sanctity of life, mercy killing and related issues through the tale of a family tragedy in which a young man is involved in a motor vehicle accident and is terribly maimed..

Translations, adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2020: The play was originally scheduled to be produced by The Fugard Theatre is in the first half of 2020 as part of a season of new writing.

Sources

https://mikevangraan.co.za/plays/what-we-wish-for

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