by Margaret Edson
I am so glad that the character of Vivian Bearing, PhD exists. Her male analog has been around in literature, film, and television for a looooong time. But the female version of the hard-as-nails, intellectualism-is-everything, got-no-personal-life professor rarely is seen. Probably because when...
This is one of my favorite plays. I came to know about the book after watching the movie, and i'm glad i did. She conveys how easy it is to disappear as a person when you're ill; its presented with wit, of course haha, but nevertheless that's the message i got.
First reading for my Disability & Lit class. I may have more to say after the discussion, but for now, I'd call it "touching, but not moving."
A re-read while queuing for Fringe shows. Still one of the greatest plays of the past 50 years.
I saw the movie version (made for television, despite its absolute perfection) not long after I read the Edson's play. I've watched the movie version so many times, the actual play and movie have merged a bit in my memory.There is no way to "spoil" the plot, given that we learn Vivian Bearing, a Joh...
I was actually fortunate enough to read it, and then see it performed during the same semester back in graduate school. In my journal back then, I did write that I thought the play as I read it was better than the performance itself (however, I should note we had gone to see a "preview" performance...
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