Wit: A Play - Softcover

Review

" Among the finest plays of the decade . . . An original and urgent work of art." -- David Lyons, "The Wall Street Journal"
" A dazzling and humane play you will remember till your dying day." -- John Simon, "New York" magazine
" [A] brutally human and beautifully layered new play . . . You will feel both
enlightened and, in a strange way, enormously comforted." -- Peter Marks, "The New York Times"
" A one-of-a-kind experience: wise, thoughtful, witty and wrenching." -- Vincent
Canby, "The New York Times Year in Review"
" A thrilling, exciting evening in the theater . . . ["Wit "is] an extraordinary
and most moving play." -- Clive Barnes, "New York Post"
" Wit is exquisite . . . an exhilarating and harrowing 90-minute revelation." --
Linda Winer, "Newsday"
" Edson writes superbly . . . [A] moving, enthralling and challenging experience
that reminds you what theater is for." -- Fintan O' Toole, "New York Daily News "
“Among the finest plays of the decade . . . An original and urgent work of art.”—David Lyons, "The Wall Street Journal"
“A dazzling and humane play you will remember till your dying day.”—John Simon, "New York" magazine
“[A] brutally human and beautifully layered new play . . . You will feel both
enlightened and, in a strange way, enormously comforted.”—Peter Marks, "The New York Times"
“A one-of-a-kind experience: wise, thoughtful, witty and wrenching.”—Vincent
Canby, "The New York Times Year in Review"
“A thrilling, exciting evening in the theater . . . ["Wit "is] an extraordinary
and most moving play.”—Clive Barnes, "New York Post"
“Wit is exquisite . . . an exhilarating and harrowing 90-minute revelation.”—
Linda Winer, "Newsday"
“Edson writes superbly . . . [A] moving, enthralling and challenging experience
that reminds you what t

"Among the finest plays of the decade . . . An original and urgent work of art."--David Lyons, "The Wall Street Journal"
"A dazzling and humane play you will remember till your dying day."--John Simon, "New York" magazine
"[A] brutally human and beautifully layered new play . . . You will feel both
enlightened and, in a strange way, enormously comforted."--Peter Marks, "The New York Times"
"A one-of-a-kind experience: wise, thoughtful, witty and wrenching."--Vincent
Canby, "The New York Times Year in Review"
"A thrilling, exciting evening in the theater . . . ["Wit "is] an extraordinary
and most moving play."--Clive Barnes, "New York Post"
"Wit is exquisite . . . an exhilarating and harrowing 90-minute revelation."--
Linda Winer, "Newsday"
"Edson writes superbly . . . [A] moving, enthralling and challenging experience
that reminds you what theater is for."--Fintan O'Toole, "New York Daily News "
"[A] brutally human and beautifully layered new play . . . You will feel both

Canby, "The New York Times Year in Review"

"A thrilling, exciting evening in the theater . . . ["Wit "is] an extraordinary

"Wit is exquisite . . . an exhilarating and harrowing 90-minute revelation."--

Linda Winer, "Newsday"

"Edson writes superbly . . . [A] moving, enthralling and challenging experience

Wit is exquisite . . . an exhilarating and harrowing 90-minute revelation.--Linda Winer "Newsday "

About the Author

Margaret Edson was born in Washington, D.C. in 1961. She has degrees in history and literature. She wrote Wit in 1991, after a period spent working as a clerk in the oncology/AIDS department of a Washington hospital in 1985. Edson now lives in Atlanta, where she teaches kindergarten.