The Iceman Cometh (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: 1912
- Setting: Harry Hope’s Saloon, New York City
- Principal Characters: Harry Hope, Larry Slade, Theodore “Hickey” Hickman, Don Parritt
- 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
The Story:
It was early morning in the summer of 1912. In the back room and a section of the bar of Harry Hope’s saloon, with tables and chairs squeezed closely together, nine men were seated, mostly dozing, at the tables, including sixty-year-old host Harry Hope and Larry Slade, about the same age. Larry’s expression of tired tolerance gave his face “the quality of a pitying but weary old priest’s.” These men were alcoholics who frequented the saloon. With the exception of the black Joe Mott, they were also roomers who lived on the upstairs floors. All were eagerly...
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