The Iceman Cometh

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The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.

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The Iceman Cometh canonical 18
The Iceman Cometh (1946 Broadway premiere) 1
The Iceman Cometh (1960 television film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
author Eugene O'Neill ⓘ
surface form: Eugene O’Neill
centralTheme disillusionment ⓘ
self-deception ⓘ
the destructive nature of illusions ⓘ
characterAlias Hickey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dramaticForm realist drama ⓘ
dramaticStructure ensemble piece ⓘ
firstProductionCity New York City ⓘ
firstProductionLocation Martin Beck Theatre ⓘ
firstProductionYear 1946 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Iceman Cometh (1960 television film)

The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Iceman Cometh (1968 television production)

The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Iceman Cometh (1973 film)

The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Iceman Cometh (1989 film)
hasInfluenceOn postwar American drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Harry Hope ⓘ
Larry Slade ⓘ
Parritt ⓘ
Theodore Hickman ⓘ
movement Realism ⓘ
surface form: American realism
notableProduction 1946 Broadway premiere directed by Eddie Dowling ⓘ
1956 Off-Broadway revival at Circle in the Square Theatre ⓘ
1973 Broadway revival starring James Earl Jones ⓘ
1985 Goodman Theatre production directed by Robert Falls ⓘ
1999 Broadway revival starring Kevin Spacey ⓘ
2018 Broadway revival starring Denzel Washington ⓘ
numberOfActs 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Eugene O’Neill’s late plays ⓘ
plotSummary A group of down-and-out patrons in a saloon are forced to confront their shattered illusions when visited by the salesman Hickey. ⓘ
publisher Random House ⓘ
relatedWork A Moon for the Misbegotten (stage) ⓘ
surface form: A Moon for the Misbegotten

Long Day’s Journey into Night ⓘ
setting Harry Hope’s saloon ⓘ
Lower Manhattan ⓘ
subject alcoholism ⓘ
existential despair ⓘ
political disillusionment ⓘ
timePeriod 1912 ⓘ
writingYear 1939 ⓘ

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Theatre Guild → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
Howard Da Silva → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Iceman Cometh (stage production)
Eugene O'Neill → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
The Iceman Cometh → hasAdaptation → The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Iceman Cometh (1960 television film)
The Iceman Cometh → hasAdaptation → The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Iceman Cometh (1973 film)
The Iceman Cometh → hasAdaptation → The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Iceman Cometh (1989 film)
The Iceman Cometh → hasAdaptation → The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Iceman Cometh (1968 television production)
Brian Dennehy → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
Jason Robards → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
Bradford Dillman → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
George C. Wolfe → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
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Clarke Peters → stageWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
Harry Hope’s saloon → fictionalUniverse → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Iceman Cometh (play, 1939 written, 1946 premiered)
Hickey → appearsIn → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
Larry Slade → appearsIn → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
Harry Hope → appearsIn → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
Parritt → appearsIn → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
Parritt → workTitle → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
John Pankow → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
Theodore Hickman → appearsIn → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Iceman Cometh (1946 Broadway premiere)
John Douglas Thompson → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Iceman Cometh (stage role)
John Frankenheimer → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. → notableWork → The Iceman Cometh ⓘ
subject surface form: Jason Robards