The protagonist of this play comments "That certainly was a maudlin display" after being handed a popsicle and being called a sweetheart. The opening monologue of this play deconstructs the greeting "Hi, how are you feeling today?" The protagonist of this play realizes her calling in life when, as a five-year old, she read her father a Beatrix Pott
The protagonist of this play comments "That certainly was a maudlin display" after being handed a popsicle and being called a sweetheart. The opening monologue of this play deconstructs the greeting "Hi, how are you feeling today?" The protagonist of this play realizes her calling in life when, as a five-year old, she read her father a Beatrix Potter fable and fell in love with the word "soporific," mirroring a later scene in which a man reads The Runaway Bunny to her. Near the end of this play, which was adapted into a film by Mike Nichols with (*) Emma Thompson in the lead role, Jason Posner tries to resuscitate the main character despite the "do not resuscitate" note on her chart. Throughout this play, the main character recites "Death be not proud" and other Holy Sonnets by Donne as a means of coping with treatment for stage IV metastatic ovarian cancer. For 10 points, name this one-act play about the terminally-ill English professor Vivian Bearing, which won the 1999 Pulitzer for its author Margaret Edson
The protagonist of this play comments "That certainly was a maudlin display" after being handed a popsicle and being called a sweetheart.
Wit