The Word for Snow

The Word for Snow is a one-act play by Don DeLillo. Inspired by global climate change, the play concerns a pilgrim who seeks out a professor who has fallen silent.[1]

The play was commissioned by the Chicago Humanities Festival and premiered on October 27, 2007, in a production by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.[2] Subsequent to a West End production in 2012, Manhattan's Karma book store published the manuscript in 2014.[3]

References

  1. ^ Uddin, Zakia (July 12, 2012). "The Word for Snow". Exeunt. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Flood, Alison (July 4, 2012). "Don DeLillo's The Word for Snow to take London stage by storm". The Guardian. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  3. ^ Rey, Rebecca (2016). Staging Don DeLillo. Routledge p. 120. ISBN 978-1-3170-5083-4.


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