Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Wit tells the story of Vivian Bearing, a renowned professor of English who is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Vivian has devoted herself to academia, building a reputation by studying and teaching the brilliant and difficult metaphysical sonnets of John Donne to the detriment of a personal life. But during the course of her illness she comes to reassess her life and her work with a humour and insight that are transformative both for her and the audience. Touching, poignant and at times humorous, Wit engages both the mind and the heart.
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