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She eventually titled this play wit, though the title is often spelled w. Margaret edsons play wit 1993 dramatizes in a simultaneously heartrending and humorous way the suffering and illumination of vivian bearing, a professor of seventeenth. Internally, the last utterance we hear from the dying scholar on the subject of her studies seems to be a rejection she. A stunning first play about an academic attempting to come to terms with cancer. Wit available for download and read online in other formats. Edson used her work experience in a hospital as part of. In a final acceptance of her fate, professor bearing institutes a do not resuscitate order, finally succumbing to death, which she has studied so fastidiously in the teaching of donnes work. In her 1991 play, wit, margaret edson examines the internal life of an english professor suffering a terminal illness. Wit by margaret edson, 1999, faber and faber edition, in english 1st ed. There may be times when youll wish for a lesser dose, due to the side effects. Margaret edson provides one of the top plays of the decade as it leaves everyone agreeing it deserved the pulitzer it won.
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