Wakey, Wakey (Paperback)
"Is it now? I thought I had more time."
These first words in Will Eno's play are spoken by Guy, a man who knows, like all of us, on some level, that he is about to die. The play questions why we are here and the journeys that everyone takes to eventually get to the same place. Eno challenges what is worth celebrating in life and what is worth treasuring in this moving and funny play.
"[A] glowingly dark, profoundly moving new play." - The New York Times
"A work of humor, humanity and grace that makes you want to hug your lover, your neighbor and maybe an usher on the way out […] Eno breaks the fourth wall but here he also suggests a wondrous fifth […]" - Variety
"Pain and solace, loss and gratitude; contradictory feelings collide like bumper cars [...] Eno's unique voice - quizzical, perceptive, assertively compassionate - is one to be celebrated." - The Hollywood Reporter
"Eno is at his most achingly, triumphantly humanist here, and has, in this wonderful, wonderful play, actually struck on something resembling a satisfying answer to death." - Paste Magazine
"A work of humor, humanity and grace that makes you want to hug your lover, your neighbor and maybe an usher on the way out […] Eno breaks the fourth wall but here he also suggests a wondrous fifth […]" - Variety
"Pain and solace, loss and gratitude; contradictory feelings collide like bumper cars [...] Eno's unique voice - quizzical, perceptive, assertively compassionate - is one to be celebrated." - The Hollywood Reporter
"Eno is at his most achingly, triumphantly humanist here, and has, in this wonderful, wonderful play, actually struck on something resembling a satisfying answer to death." - Paste Magazine