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Sunday Play: Wit

on BBC Radio 3

By Margaret Edson , adapted for radio by Judith Adams. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama, Wit asks profound questions about the value of life in the face of death.
When a brilliant scholar discovers that she has cancer, she is forced to learn about new things: wit, compassion and, finally, death.
Director Gaynor Macfartane

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Edson
Unknown:
Judith Adams.
Director:
Gaynor MacFartane
Professor Vivian Bearing:
Nancy Crane
Technician:
Jasmine Hyde
Student:
Jasmine Hyde
Clinical Fellow:
Jasmine Hyde
Doctor Harvey Kelikian:
John McGlynn
Mr Bearing:
Stuart Milligan
Code Team Head:
Stuart Milligan
Professor Ashford:
Margaret Robertson
Jason Posner:
John Sharian
Technician:
Adam Sims
Student:
Adam Sims
Clinical Fellow:
Adam Sims
Susie Monahan:
Tracy Wiles

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