26th International Playwriting Competition
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- Episode
- By God’s Mercy
- Broadcast Info
- 2019 (52 mins)
- Description
- The second of two winning plays from the BBC World Service/British Council International Playwriting Competition 2018. By God’s Mercy by Colette Victor Winner of the English as a first language prize. Set in the Cape Flats township in South Africa, and narrated by a mattress who’s worried that its time on earth is coming to an end, this comedy, with an underlying social message, is the story of Mercy and her ‘house of pleasure’. She has to make tough decisions and sacrifices to put food on the table, look after her sickly husband Sollie, send her talented daughter to college and provide work for Prudence, the daughter of an old friend.
- Genre
- Literature
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The Open University, "26th International Playwriting Competition". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/232706 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)