CHARACTERS

VIVIAN BEARING, PH.D.

50; professor of seventeenth-century poetry at the university

HARVEY KELEKIAN, M.D.

50; chief of medical oncology, University Hospital

JASON POSNER, M.D.

28; clinical fellow, Medical Oncology Branch

SUSIE MONAHAN, R.N., B.S.N.

28; primary nurse, Cancer Inpatient Unit

E. M. ASHFORD, D.PHIL.

80; professor emerita of English literature

MR. BEARING

Vivian’s father

LAB TECHNICIANS

CLINICAL FELLOWS

STUDENTS

CODE TEAM

The play may be performed with a cast of nine: the four TECHNICIANS, FELLOWS, STUDENTS, and CODE TEAM MEMBERS should double; DR. KELEKIAN and MR. BEARING should double.