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Wit

Hi. How are you feeling today? Great. Th...

Wit

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act One, Scene 1 (It is one continuous play)
Time & Place
University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, Present Day
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Mature Audiences (M)

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(In false familiarity, waving and nodding to the audience.)

Hi. How are you feeling today? Great. That's just great.

(In her own professional tone.)

This is not my standard greeting, I assure you. I tend toward something a little more formal, a little less inquisitive, such as, say, "Hello." But it is the standard greeting here.

[... ... ...]

Of course I would not be wearing this costume at the time, so the question's ironic significance would not be fully apparent ...

For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Margaret Edson, Wit, Faber & Faber, 1999, pp. 5-6.

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