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The Iceman Cometh

Eugene O'Neill

Paperback | Pages: 236 pages

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Original Title:	The Iceman Cometh
ISBN:	0300117434 (ISBN13: 9780300117431)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Cora, Pearl, Harry Hope, Ed Mosher, Pat McGloin, Willie Oban, Joe Mott, Piet Wetjoen (The General), Cecil Lewis (The Captain), James Cameron (Jimmy Tomorrow), Hugo Kalmar, Larry Slade, Rocky Pioggi, Don Parritt, Margie, Chuck Morello, Theodore Hickman (Hickey), Moran, Lieb
Setting:	Greenwich Village, New York City, New York,1912(United States)
Literary Awards:	New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Nominee for Best American Play (1947)

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Eugene O'Neill was the first American playwright to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He completed The Iceman Cometh in 1939, but he delayed production until after the war, when it enjoyed a modest run in 1946 after receiving mixed reviews. Three years after O'Neill's death, Jason Robards starred in a Broadway revival that brought new critical attention to O'Neill’s dark play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained in stature. Kevin Spacey and James Earl Jones have played Hickey. The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

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Title	:	The Iceman Cometh
Author	:	Eugene O'Neill
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 236 pages
Published	:	August 28th 2006 by Yale University Press (first published January 1st 1946)
Categories	:	Plays. Drama. Classics. Fiction. Theatre

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*4.5Four or five, five or four...I went back and forth for awhile and finally came to a decision. I was worried it'd be all that I couldn't stand in a play - too many characters, overly predictable, far too fast-paced...and I'd have been sad, but O'Neill does not disappoint. The characters were all clear, the New York accent was well-written and not overly distracting, the set is clear and I can easily picture it all. It's actually quite motivational, as well as being very depressing. Odd

"To hell with the truth! As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything." -Larry, The Iceman Cometh Act One.The first time I picked this play up, I had a feeling I was going to really enjoy it. Well, "enjoy" is probably the wrong word to use, even as I am a now twice-read, twice-seen, fan of this Eugene O'Neill play. Other words like "appreciate" and "identify with" come to mind. It's a hard play to digest.Americans occasionally give great playwrights permission to be

I loved this play so much as a teenager, and I don't know why. I liked the way Hickey could pass himself off as a regular guy, always smiling and joking, while inside he was crazy with hatred. I think because I had a lot of anger myself I liked the idea that you could be angry and still "get away with it." Of course in the end Hickey falls apart but he's so much more heroic and tragic than a total failure like Willy Loman. Another thing I really loved about this play was how young Parrit hates

I'm afraid to live, am I?--and even more afraid to die! So I sit here, with my pride drowned on the bottom of a bottle, keeping drunk so I won't see myself shaking in my britches with fright, or hear myself whining and praying: Beloved Christ, let me live a little longer at any price! If it's only for a few days more, or a few hours even, have mercy, Almighty God, and let me still clutch greedily to my yellow heart this sweet treasure, this jewel beyond price, the dirty, stinking bit of withered

Rating: get real. It's a play.The Publisher Says: Eugene ONeill was the first American playwright to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He completed The Iceman Cometh in 1939, but he delayed production until after the war, when it enjoyed a long run of performances in 1946 after receiving mixed reviews. Three years after O'Neill's death, Jason Robards starred in a Broadway revival that brought new critical attention to ONeills darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since,

"O'Neill uses the phrase the big sleep throughout his play as a synonym for death," advises Ray Chandler, "apparently in the belief that it's an accepted underworld expression. If so, I'd like to see whence it comes, because I invented the expression. I never saw the phrase in print before I used it. The tenor of his writing here shows that he knows very little about the subject."The playwright also bops us over the head with the phrase "pipe dreams." It takes him over four hours to say life

Riveting play about the necessity of "pipe dreams" (hoping for the impossible) to continue living without falling into despair. The one person who has their pipe dream taken away commits suicide. The scenes are so well set up and the descriptions of how characters talk, it felt like a novel. The characters were excellent, the political themes were good, the major plot reveal at the end was good too. Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys plays.