Constant Reader discussion

The discussion starts on 4/20 - I can't seem to find who nominated it. I saw the play on or off Broadway some years ago - really terrific - I am looking forward to reading this. Please join in the discussion.

And there was the brilliant HBO film with Emma Thompson.

From Wikipedia:

Wit is the first play written by American playwright Margaret Edson. Edson used her work experience in a hospital as part of the inspiration for her play. Wit received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California, in 1995.Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut subsequently staged the play in November 1997, with Kathleen Chalfant in the lead role.The play received its first New York City production in September 1998, at the MCC Theater, with Chalfant reprising her lead performance as Vivian Bearing. An excerpt from the play was published in the New York Times in September 1998. Chalfant received strong praise for her performance. She also incorporated her own life experience into her work on the play, including the final illness and death of her brother Alan Palmer from cancer. The play moved to the Union Square Theater in December 1998, after its successful initial run in New York City.

Wit won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play also received the "Best New Play" award for 1999 from the New York Drama Critics' Circle. Because the play did not receive a production at a Broadway theatre, Wit was not eligible for the Tony Awards. Chalfant received an award from the Village Voice Obies for her performance. In 2001, the play was adapted into a cable television film with Emma Thompson as Vivian Bearing.

I saw the play in NYC with Chalfant in the late 1990s - she was fantastic and the play was very moving. However, reading it now, I was struck by the humor and grace of the words in a way that I wasn't when I saw it performed.

I was also struck much more this time by the nurse character Susie - do you think she represents the "road not taken" for Vivian?