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2063: 2056: 1142: 1127: 338:. Bearing later finds herself under the care of Dr. Jason Posner, an oncology research fellow who has taken her class on John Donne. At the hospital, she recognizes that doctors are interested in her for her research value and, like her, tend to ignore humanity in favor of knowledge. Gradually, she realizes that she would prefer kindness to intellectualism. 38: 345:" (DNR), in case of a severe decline in her condition. Vivian decides to mark the DNR option. Dr. Ashford, in town for her great-grandson's birthday, visits the hospital after learning of Vivian's cancer. She comforts her and offers to read a Donne sonnet, but Vivian, scarcely conscious, declines. Instead, Ashford reads from 162:, in 1995. Edson had sent the play to many theatres, with SCR dramaturg Jerry Patch seeing its potential. He gave it to artistic director Martin Benson, who worked with Edson to ready the play for production. It was given a reading at NewSCRipts, and a full production was then scheduled for January 1995. 192:
The play moved to the Off-Broadway Union Square Theater in December 1998, after its successful initial run at the MCC. The lighting design for this production was by Michael Chybowski, the set design by Myung Hee Cho, the costume design by Ilona Somogyi, and the sound design and original music was by
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while reflecting upon her condition. (In the revised edition of John Donne's Holy Sonnets, "If Poysonous Mineralls" and "Death Be Not Proud" are sonnets IX and X, respectively.) As a professor, she has a reputation for rigorous teaching methods. She has lived her life alone, is unmarried and without
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and attempts to revive Vivian while Susie tries to intervene, repeating that Vivian is DNR. Jason eventually admits his mistake, and upon examining the chart, the team quickly stops. The play ends as Vivian, unclothed after her death, walks from her hospital bed "toward a little light".
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in September 1998. Chalfant received strong praise for her performance. She also incorporated her own life experience into her work on the play, including the final illness and death of her brother Alan Palmer from cancer.
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and begins CPR, despite the DNR order. Susie enters on hearing the code blue announcement, attempts to stop Jason's efforts, and calls to cancel the code. The resuscitation team arrives with a
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Vivian reaches the end stage in extreme pain as Susie Monahan, a nurse at the medical centre, offers Vivian compassion and discusses with her the option of exercising her final option, "
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as one representation of the play's title. In the context of the play, the semicolon refers to the recurring theme of the use of a semicolon versus a comma in one of John Donne's
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The 2012 Broadway production was nominated for the Tony Award, Best Revival of a Play, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Cynthia Nixon).
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In the fall of 2018, Southwest Baptist University sold pins featuring the quote "Keep pushing the fluids" alongside their production of
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While on a routine visit, Jason notices Vivian has stopped breathing and has no pulse. He immediately calls in a
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Elizabeth Klaver has discussed in detail the philosophical issues of "mind vs body" in the context of
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On the cover of the published book of the play, the use of a semicolon in place of the letter i gives
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in a three-month run, starting in January 2012 and closing on March 17, 2012. The production starred
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Klaver, Elizabeth (Winter 2004). "A Mind-Body-Flesh Problem: The Case of Margaret Edson's
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in the lead role of Vivian Bearing. The play received its first New York City production
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Vivian recalls undergoing tests by various medical technicians and being the subject of
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Over the course of the play, Vivian reflects on her life through the intricacies of the
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Wendy Guida, "The Village Voice Obies" (May 18, 1999). TalkinBroadway.org web page,
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regimen consisting of eight rounds at full dosage. Vivian agrees to the treatment.
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The action of the play takes place during the final hours of Dr. Vivian Bearing, a
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Broadway's Big Night! Neil Patrick Harris Hosts 66th Annual Tony Awards June 10"
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children, her parents are deceased, and she has no emergency contact.
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Wit Will Have Less Brevity; MTC Adds One Week to Acclaimed Revival"
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The character E. M. Ashford is based on English literary critic
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Brian J. Carter, Daniel Sarnelli, Alli Steinberg, Lisa Tharps
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have been used in various articles on the play for the title.
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Sense and Spirituality: The Arts and Spiritual Formation
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in order to raise money for ovarian cancer research.
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subsequently staged the play in November 1997, with
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Wit (film)

Faber and Faber
Margaret Edson
South Coast Repertory
Costa Mesa, California
English
one-act
play
Margaret Edson
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
South Coast Repertory
Costa Mesa, California
Long Wharf Theater
New Haven, Connecticut
Kathleen Chalfant
Off-Broadway
MCC Theater
David Van Tieghem
Manhattan Theatre Club
Broadway
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Cynthia Nixon
Lynne Meadow
Santo Loquasto
Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Peter Kaczorowski
Holy Sonnets
Helen Gardner
university

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