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Proof by David Auburn

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emotional informative sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Catherine struggles to protect the legacy of her late father, a mentally-ill mathematician, and publish an elegant mathematical proof. This play was relevant to my own background—my father attended UChicago and Northwestern, where he earned P.h.D. in mathematics—but it is a little too angry to soothe the wannabe-Thomasina Coverly smouldering in my soul.

“CLAIRE: Jesus, you fucking mathematicians: you don’t think” (67)


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