The Iceman Cometh | The Iceman Cometh

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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

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...

The Iceman Cometh | The Iceman Cometh

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