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Winner of both the 2001
Pulitzer Prize and the Tony award for best play. Intellectual but not highbrow,
funny but not lowbrow, and never sentimental or melodramatic, it strikes a
beautiful balance in that it simultaneously entertains and engages the mind.
On the eve of her 25th
birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her
brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now she must deal with
her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the
attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable
work in her father's notebooks. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning
romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most
difficult problem of all: How much of her father’s madness – or genius – has she
inherited? Please note: "Proof" contains strong language. |