Whose Life Is It Anyway? (play)

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Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Written byBrian Clark
CharactersKen Harrison (Claire Harrison in some later productions)
Dr. Scott
Dr. Emerson
Mrs. Boyle
Andrew Eden
Dr. Barr
Mr. Justice Millhouse
John
Peter Kershaw
Sister Anderson
Dr. Paul Travers
Kay Sadler
Philip Hill
Date premiered1978
Place premieredMermaid Theatre
London, England
Original languageEnglish
SubjectAccident victim, paralysed from the neck down, fights for the right to die.
GenreDrama
Settinga London hospital

Whose Life Is It Anyway? is a play by Brian Clark adapted from his 1972 television play of the same title, which starred Ian McShane. The stage version premiered at the Greenwich Theatre in SE London before moving in 1978 to the Mermaid Theatre in London, and subsequently opened on Broadway in 1979. The play involves a sculptor who is paralysed.