A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love.
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
A celebrated but exacting professor of metaphysical poetry, Vivian Bearing has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. It seems her life is nearing its final chapter.
As she submits herself to an experimental treatment, Vivian approaches her illness with the same uncompromising rigour she brings to bear on the sonnets of John Donne. And through it all she comes to reassess her life and her work with profundity and a moving wry humour.
Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit was first performed in 1995. It was revived at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in 2016, with Julie Hesmondhalgh.
| ISBN: | 9781848425521 |
| Publication date: | 26th January 2016 |
| Author: | Margaret Edson |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 56 pages |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love.
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
A celebrated but exacting professor of metaphysical poetry, Vivian Bearing has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. It seems her life is nearing its final chapter.
As she submits herself to an experimental treatment, Vivian approaches her illness with the same uncompromising rigour she brings to bear on the sonnets of John Donne. And through it all she comes to reassess her life and her work with profundity and a moving wry humour.
Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit was first performed in 1995. It was revived at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in 2016, with Julie Hesmondhalgh.
Wit features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
Wit is available in Paperback
Wit was written by Margaret Edson and published by Nick Hern Books
Wit has 56 pages
Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series