Reviews  

• N.Y. Times, 9/18/98

• New York review (John Simon), 9/28/98

• N.Y. Times, 12/15/98

• Dallas Morning News, 3/2/99

• The Lancet, 3/6/99 (html), (pdf)

• New Yorker (pdf)

• Washington Post, 3/3/00

• JAMA, 6/28/00 (html), (pdf)

• Excerpts from London reviews, April 2000

• N.Y. Times article on Emma Thompson's performance in HBO adaption, 3/18/01

• Interview with Mike Nichols, director of HBO's "Wit," on NPR's Fresh Air, 3/21/01 (requires RealPlayer 8 Basic (free))

• Audience Guide, © August 21, 2000, Madison Repertory Theatre

• Essay on Donne and another profile of Margaret Edson, in connection with production by the Persephone Theatre, Newburyport, Mass. 

Winner 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

also:

• Drama Desk Award (Best New Drama, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Kathleen Chalfant))
• Lucille Lortel Award (Best Play); also:
  • Kathleen Chalfant, Best Actress
  • Derek Anson Jones, Best Director
  • Michael Chybowski, Best Lighting Design
• N.Y. Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Play)
• Drama League Award (Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Performance (Kathleen Chalfant))
• Outer Critics Circle Award (Best Off-Broadway Play); also:
  • Kathleen Chalfant, Best Actress in a Play
  • Margaret Edson, John Gassner Playwriting Award
• Obie (Distinguished Performance (Kathleen Chalfant))