The Day Room
by Don Delillo


What readers are saying
Readers appreciate the blend of comedy and existential themes in this postmodern play by Don DeLillo. Many find it intriguing, with surreal elements that challenge perceptions of reality. While some enjoy its clever writing and humor, others criticize it for being confusing and difficult to follow.
Synopsis
A black comedy by well-known novelist offers thoughts on the nature of illness, death, and reality.
Press Reviews
"The first play by one of America's most successful and respected novelists, this surreal comedy is both perplexing and consistently amusing as it probes the limits of reality through a Pirandelloesque examination of a bizarre sequence of ambiguous events—and people. “THE DAY ROOM is an intellectual mystery, a metaphysical comedy, and absurdist riddle.” —Boston Herald. “…a cheerful, often hilariously wicked, commentary on life and death, both seen in terms of a theatrical event.” —New York Post. “DeLillo gives his characters incisively lunatic commentaries on death, the nature of illness, the hierarchical abuses of power and on reality itself."
— San Francisco Chronicle
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Publication
The Day Room is a American comedy play written by Don Delillo and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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Dramatists Play Service · 1998 · 72 pp
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