false 111734 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 111734 10 624666 1947 The Iceman Cometh total:718|5:227|4:302|3:151|2:25|1:13| 718 2859 986 52 7680 3.93 5318 338 43678521 1792361 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 4.00 641 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 5 2 false Tue Jan 20 05:05:52 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 05:32:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 56836955 2116838 1213318 039470018X 9780394700182 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181928956m/1213318.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181928956s/1213318.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1213318.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.85 20
The Time: Salesman Hickey's birthday celebration, two days during the summer of 1912 -- a time when all tomorrows are forced abruptly to become today; when the delineation between hopes, dreams, and pipe dreams disintegrates; when "self-knowledge" destroys self-respect, compassion -- and life.

One of the last of Eugene O'Neill's plays, The Iceman Cometh stands today with Long Day's Journey into Night and A Moon for the Misbegotten as the supreme expression of his dramatic genius.]]> 1947 4 0 false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 05:58:54 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 06:02:23 -0700 2009 The Iceman Cometh is a run-down tavern/hotel in NYC run by Harry Hope. The play features a motley crew of characters who spend most of their days and nights drinking and deluding themselves that they will get out of the bar “tomorrow,” stop drinking, and reclaim their respectab...more...]]> 74852266 2447803 529411 0375709177 9780375709173 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175560428m/529411.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175560428s/529411.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529411.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.97 37 The New York Times

Eugene O'Neill mined the tragedies of his own life for this depiction of a seedy, skid row saloon in 1912, peopled by society's failures: worn-out anarchists, failed con artists, drifters, whores, pimps, and informers. The pipe-dreaming drunks of Harry Hope's bar numb themselves with rotgut gin and make grandiose plans, while waiting for the annual appearance of the big-spending, fast-talking salesman, Hickey. But this year's visit fails to bring the expected good times, as a changed Hickey tries to rouse the barflies from their soothing stupor with a proselytizing message of salvation through self-knowledge.
                              
Considered by many to be the Nobel Prize-winning playwright's finest work, The Iceman Cometh exposes the human need for illusion as an antidote to despair. The recent gripping, critically acclaimed Broadway production, starring Kevin Spacey, has highlighted anew the subversive genius of O'Neill's play.]]> 1947 3 1 false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 15:23:10 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 22:32:32 -0700 2009 The Iceman Cometh and contemptuously think, ‘murder, that’s it; confessed and taken away? Okay...so, 3-stars?’

Use an RSS feed for your local news, watch the impr...more...]]> 70062468 152713 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 5 0 false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 12:37:55 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 14:20:12 -0700 2009 1
I adored O'Neill's...more...]]> 59723972 1995871 1213318 039470018X 9780394700182 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181928956m/1213318.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181928956s/1213318.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1213318.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718
The Time: Salesman Hickey's birthday celebration, two days during the summer of 1912 -- a time when all tomorrows are forced abruptly to become today; when the delineation between hopes, dreams, and pipe dreams disintegrates; when "self-knowledge" destroys self-respect, compassion -- and life.

One of the last of Eugene O'Neill's plays, The Iceman Cometh stands today with Long Day's Journey into Night and A Moon for the Misbegotten as the supreme expression of his dramatic genius.]]> 1947 5 0 false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 07:25:40 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 10:48:18 -0700 2009 2 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,...more...]]> 15850633 883803 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 5 0 true Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 19 18:30:20 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 18:31:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 12224515 742074 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Jan 11 00:46:50 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 00:46:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4951853 274653 529411 0375709177 9780375709173 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175560428m/529411.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175560428s/529411.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529411.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 The New York Times

Eugene O'Neill mined the tragedies of his own life for this depiction of a seedy, skid row saloon in 1912, peopled by society's failures: worn-out anarchists, failed con artists, drifters, whores, pimps, and informers. The pipe-dreaming drunks of Harry Hope's bar numb themselves with rotgut gin and make grandiose plans, while waiting for the annual appearance of the big-spending, fast-talking salesman, Hickey. But this year's visit fails to bring the expected good times, as a changed Hickey tries to rouse the barflies from their soothing stupor with a proselytizing message of salvation through self-knowledge.
                              
Considered by many to be the Nobel Prize-winning playwright's finest work, The Iceman Cometh exposes the human need for illusion as an antidote to despair. The recent gripping, critically acclaimed Broadway production, starring Kevin Spacey, has highlighted anew the subversive genius of O'Neill's play.]]> 1947 5 0 false Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Aug 22 13:06:47 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 13:22:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 15875359 54697 1213318 039470018X 9780394700182 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181928956m/1213318.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181928956s/1213318.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1213318.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718
The Time: Salesman Hickey's birthday celebration, two days during the summer of 1912 -- a time when all tomorrows are forced abruptly to become today; when the delineation between hopes, dreams, and pipe dreams disintegrates; when "self-knowledge" destroys self-respect, compassion -- and life.

One of the last of Eugene O'Neill's plays, The Iceman Cometh stands today with Long Day's Journey into Night and A Moon for the Misbegotten as the supreme expression of his dramatic genius.]]> 1947 4 0 false Thu May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Wed Feb 20 02:00:20 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 02:00:20 -0800 2008 Honestly, this play moves me in so many ways that I really want to give it a 5 star rating, except for the fact that in many cases it is dreadfully, irredeemably overwritten.

I tried to watch the movie which could boast of having Jason Robards and Robert Redford in it, but I got bor...more...]]> 79706472 394266 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 1 0 false Wed Dec 02 18:59:20 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 19:01:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 57184401 149212 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 4 0 false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 16:04:02 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 16:05:58 -0700 2009 43426368 1775862 529411 0375709177 9780375709173 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175560428m/529411.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175560428s/529411.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529411.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 The New York Times

Eugene O'Neill mined the tragedies of his own life for this depiction of a seedy, skid row saloon in 1912, peopled by society's failures: worn-out anarchists, failed con artists, drifters, whores, pimps, and informers. The pipe-dreaming drunks of Harry Hope's bar numb themselves with rotgut gin and make grandiose plans, while waiting for the annual appearance of the big-spending, fast-talking salesman, Hickey. But this year's visit fails to bring the expected good times, as a changed Hickey tries to rouse the barflies from their soothing stupor with a proselytizing message of salvation through self-knowledge.
                              
Considered by many to be the Nobel Prize-winning playwright's finest work, The Iceman Cometh exposes the human need for illusion as an antidote to despair. The recent gripping, critically acclaimed Broadway production, starring Kevin Spacey, has highlighted anew the subversive genius of O'Neill's play.]]> 1947 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Jan 17 21:59:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 22:01:37 -0800 2009 16254963 405845 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 4 0 false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 24 12:42:05 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 19 07:36:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 9733083 623604 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 4 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 16:53:19 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 17:28:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 65169929 2173219 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 5 0 false Mon Jul 27 14:36:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 14:36:32 -0700 2009 39556298 152111 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sun Dec 07 19:01:59 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 19:04:24 -0800 2008 56897133 259124 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 3 0 false Thu May 21 16:29:30 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 16:30:10 -0700 2009 57130254 1702726 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 4 0 false Sun May 24 02:43:20 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 02:45:58 -0700 2009 51295027 2184856 111734 0300117434 9780300117431 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827m/111734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171652827s/111734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111734.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.98 718 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 O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained enormously in stature, and many critics now recognize it as one of the greatest plays in American drama.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.

</DIV>]]> 1947 5 0 false Thu Apr 02 13:54:18 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 13:54:56 -0700 2009 9716785 142024 837946 0224610724 9780224610728 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178798007m/837946.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178798007s/837946.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/837946.The_Iceman_Cometh 3.33 6
The Time: Salesman Hickey's birthday celebration, two days during the summer of 1912 -- a time when all tomorrows are forced abruptly to become today; when the delineation between hopes, dreams, and pipe dreams disintegrates; when "self-knowledge" destroys self-respect, compassion -- and life.

One of the last of Eugene O'Neill's plays, The Iceman Cometh stands today with Long Day's Journey into Night and A Moon for the Misbegotten as the supreme expression of his dramatic genius.]]> 1947 4 0 false Thu Nov 29 11:55:35 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 11:55:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=111734