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Author: Eugene O’Neill
First Published: 1946
Type of Work: Drama
Type of Plot: Tragedy
Time of Work: 1912
Genres: Drama, Tragedy, Tragicomedy
Subjects: Values, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, New York City, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Guilt, 1910’s, Success or failure, Hallucinations or illusions, Life, philosophy of, Christ figures or saviors, Mortality, Sales personnel
Locales: New York, NY

Places Discussed

Harry Hope’s saloon. Squalid barroom in lower New York City. Although a fictional creation, it is modeled on three actual spots familiar to Eugene O’Neill: Jimmy the Priest’s, a flophouse where O’Neill landed after a stint at sea; the Hell Hole, a Greenwich Village establishment; and the taproom of the Garden Hotel near the old Madison Square Garden.

O’Neill’s stage directions describe a “dirty black curtain” that separates the backroom from the bar. The backroom, the location of the primary action of the play, is so crammed with tables...

The Iceman Cometh | The Iceman Cometh

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Places Discussed

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