Wit (also styled as W;t) is a one-act play written by American playwright Margaret Edson, which won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Edson used her work experience in a hospital as part of the inspiration for her play.[1][2]
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The Question and Answer section for Wit is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Susie is honest, forthright, and empathetic. When Vivian begins to feel the need for companionship, to bear her feelings, something she has not done in her life. In the middle of the night she kinks her IV tube in order to set off an alarm. The...
Vivian's story is about the final days of her life. We are told by her at the beginning of the play that she knows she will die by the time the curtain closes. Thus, these moments in her life become the dramatization of one's life's work and the...
This is actually a play. I have not seen the film version.
