David Charlesworth , Abbot of Buckfast Abbey in Devon , England , commissioned Torbay-based theater company Unleashed Productions to adapt the book 's stories for the stage . Neil Pugmire wrote the play and incorporated stories about apartheid , Gordon Wilson 's daughter 's death in the Remembrance Day bombing , and Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal . He also included a dramatization of the chapter " The Lovesick Father " . Simon Zimmerman wrote the score for the play , which has a cast of nearly forty actors . The play , which took the name of the book , was successfully produced outdoors by Buckfast Abbey in 2010 . These outdoor performances were well-attended . According to the '' Western Morning News '' , the play is " by turns shocking , humorous and moving , and explores how forgiveness and grace can be found in even the most testing circumstances " . A '' Herald Express '' reviewer called the play inspiring and probably the most unique and unusual in South Devon that summer
Remembrance Day bombing
Remembrance Day bombing
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