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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== 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. However the premiere was cancelled when the Fugard Theatre was shut as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  
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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, directed by [[Amy Jephtas]]. However the premiere was cancelled when the Fugard Theatre was shut as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  
  
The original cast presented ten minutes of the play at the [[Teksmark]] under the direction of [[Greg Karvellas]]former Fugard Theatre Artistic Director, Greg Karvellas.
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The original cast presented ten minutes of the play at the [[Teksmark]] under the direction of [[Greg Karvellas]].
  
 
The full piece was also presented as a staged reading for subscribers to the [[STAND Foundation]] at the Cape Town City Ballet Studios.
 
The full piece was also presented as a staged reading for subscribers to the [[STAND Foundation]] at the Cape Town City Ballet Studios.

Revision as of 15:53, 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, directed by Amy Jephtas. However the premiere was cancelled when the Fugard Theatre was shut as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The original cast presented ten minutes of the play at the Teksmark under the direction of Greg Karvellas.

The full piece was also presented as a staged reading for subscribers to the STAND Foundation at the Cape Town City Ballet Studios.

Sources

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

https://mikevangraan.co.za/news/what-we-wish-for-as-a-staged-reading-at-the-cape-town-city-ballet-studios

https://mikevangraan.co.za/news/what-we-wish-for-staged-at-teksmark

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