Wit (play)

Wit (also spelled W;t) is a play by Margaret Edson about a university professor of English who is dying of ovarian cancer. As she copes with her life-threatening cancer she asseses her own life through the intricacies of the English language, especially the use of wit and the metaphysical poetry of John Donne.

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Play - Margaret Edson - University - Professor - English - Ovarian cancer - English language - Wit - Metaphysical poetry - John Donne

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It won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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1999 - Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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There is a 2001 television movie of the same name starring Emma Thompson

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2001 - Emma Thompson

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