W;t a play

• Main Author: Edson, Margaret 1961- (Author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Faber and Faber 1999; ©1999
• Edition: 1st ed
• Subjects: Cancer in women > Drama; Women college teachers > Drama; English teachers > Drama
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• Physical Description: 85 pages 20 cm
• ISBN: 0571198775 (alk. paper); 9780571198771

Margaret Edson's powerfully imagined Pulitzer Prize-winning play examines what makes life worth living through her exploration of one of existence's unifying experiences-mortality-while she also probes the vital importance of human relationships. What we as her audience take away from this remarkable drama is a keener sense that, while death is real and unavoidable, our lives are ours to cherish or throw away-a lesson that can be both uplifting and redemptive. As the playwright herself puts it, "The play is not about doctors or even about cancer. It's about kindness, but it shows arrogance. It's about compassion, but it shows insensitivity." In Wit, Edson delves into timeless questions with no final answers: How should we live our lives knowing that we will die? Is the way we live our lives and interact with others more important than what we achieve materially, professionally, or intellectually?