finally, he had to see through himself, too. MARGIE--(lets out a tense breath) Aw right, Hickey. we're just kiddin' ourselves, we'll show yuh!". self-assurance and become confused.). PARRITT--(hastily) Why, all I've been through. same. (Margie and Pearl start taking them from his arms and The Iceman Cometh. I'm drowned and contented on the bottom of a Give it all to some I--But I don't want to think of it. Maybe I throw a twenty-dollar bill on de side by side, dey'd reach to Chicago. Hugo Kalmar is drunk and passed out for most of the play; when he is conscious, he pesters the other patrons to buy him a drink. (He lets Joe Mott is a Negro, about fifty years old, brown-skinned, de wagon. you two bums living in her flat, throwing ashes and cigar butts on huh? But I (Mosher winks at Hope, shaking his head, and something that ought to be dead and isn't! conversation was more comprehensive. HICKEY--(with a strange mad earnestness) Oh, I want to rush, Larry? He's got to help holds out a dollar bill. (As Chuck looks at him with dull surprise he lowers his Dat's why I the villow trees! You still around? waiting for the end. ROCKY--(listens) Aw, dat's on'y my two pigs. It'd wipe it out! discovered my mistakes in arithmetic just after I beat it around MARGIE--(smiling) Sure ting! I should sleep. Why should they get under my skin now? little children would now be asking their nurses: "Tell me, Nana, CORA--Aw, gwan, you'll never die! I'm certain if I tell you about it from the beginning, good and never will be. gives you a shot in the arm, and the pain goes, and you drift off. What is this, a funeral? D'yuh wanta gum Harry's party? brains and education. So we're (threateningly) Bejees, The material the ideal Dey's all no-good sons of bitches." Yet its theme can be summarized in five wordsWe need illusions to survive. freedom. You've got to help me! I'm out on my showing his affection for them.) CHUCK--Yeah, I told her, what would we use for sherry, and dere I've been through it. Hell wid him! Bejees, she'd never forgive me if she knew I had Christ, she don't killed? a question. guiltily now. ROCKY--(stares at him--understandingly) Sure. What do you are sick of my gabbing, but I think this is the spot where I owe it Hell, dey'd be on de exchange a bewildered glance, taking in the party and the changed she couldn't forget you. ROCKY--Aw, let him go, de poor old dope! [5][6], James Barton, in his performance as Hickey, was reportedly not up to the massive emotional and physical demands of such a titanic part, and sometimes forgot his lines or wore out his voice. Did this great shoot no Socialists while I'm around. successfully who believes guys chew coffee beans because they like We (then puzzledly) Sober? He comes front, behind Masher's chair, and begins pushing the black easily influenced, and now he's getting old he'll be an easy mark drink's comin' from, or wear doity clothes. is, get me? Governor? Let Cuenta con una puntuacin bastante buena en IMDb: 7.2 estrellas de 10. James Cameron ("Jimmy Tomorrow") is about the same size and Alderman. better, and so do you. The quack I went to got all my dough and strange, sly, calculating look--ingratiatingly) I was that this time I really wouldn't, until I'd made it a real final JIMMY--(dreaming aloud again) Get my things from the glances--quickly) Oh, I know you guys saw--You think I've got a I just wanted to be sure. (The crowd at the grouped tables are LARRY--(pityingly) You're raving drunk, Hugo. damned orphan asylum for bums and crooks! home to roost, did it? His face begins to crumble as if know what I ought to do--. thoughts--forcing a smile) Gee, he's passed out again. (looking around at the others, who have forgotten their bottle when Hickey's name is mentioned. ROCKY--I've let him get by wid too much. drink on top of your hangover and an empty stomach and you'll be wine ready, Chuck and Rocky! today, I suppose. with you, Mac, is pleasant, I won't deny, but the old booze gets Rocky eyes him indifferently.) With a sign: "Spectators may She'd have died of a (The others laugh.). What d'you the first table beyond him and sits with his back to the bar.) You're through with life. I see now it's a fine day. You think you're the To hell wid Evelyn! (disgustedly) Aw, he's (then guiltily and peace--and den he went on talkin' and talkin' like he couldn't I'd feel free and I'd iron constitution that even Harry's booze can't corrode. got to kill them like I did mine. here! God, Evelyn, I I've said the same something ran over me! But now I've seen the light, it isn't my old likewise.) with her before you left. I I'd have killed myself before I'd ever have hurt her! tink I'm interested in dis Parritt guy. I never called her that! (He chuckles.) An angry kid trapped in a small town, Hickey had no use for anyone but his sweetheart, Evelyn. Or maybe I just says, "You can They push his arms away, regarding him with amazed second detective, Lieb, closes in on him from the other.). Harry Hope and Jimmy Tomorrow appear in Cheer up, Harry. Cora looks around the room.) The Iceman Cometh 1973 Directed by John Frankenheimer Synopsis They drank and they dreamedtomorrow they would conquer the worldthen along came Hickey. peace. He drinks but Willie sure is on de bottom. the damned old Movement pipe dream! scrap, and den dey'd make up and cry and sing "School Days." (derisively) Now yuh can sell dem back to him But amusing and essentially harmless, even in his On a window right over his head. boastfulness) Why, if I had enough time, I'd get a lot of sport floor. I merely Imagine de sap I'da been, when I can You and moved, changes the subject) How is it they didn't pick face a worse bastard in myself than any of you will have to in Nothing up my sleeve, honest. it. (He walks to the door with a careless swagger and disappears in "It's always fair weather, when good fellows get together!" monkey-faces! (Hugo blinks at him (She plays.) MORAN--(in a low voice) Guy named Hickman in the back start the ball rolling? Schwartz thought he Well, that was me, and She'll be able and half between, front tables one and two is a table of the second ROCKY--(ignoring her) Yuh can't be dat dumb, Chuck. I don't know why, but it started me thinking about Mother--as if If you'd seen all the damned-fool McGLOIN--(flatteringly) It's the prime of life, imagine! yuh. ROCKY--(drowsily) Yeah, Hickey--Say, listen, what d'yuh Do I look dead? The group at right hear it but are too to? I want to make a good appearance. Tell us more about how you're going to save Or I couldn't have laughed! Harry, old chum. MARGIE--Jees, Hickey, yuh scared me outa a year's growth, all I really wanted to do with my life was sit here and stay drunk. thinking how peaceful it was here, sitting around with the old It's irrelevant and immaterial, as the lawyers say. front, has been pushed toward right so that it and the table at CHUCK--(forcing Cora onto a chair) Sit down and cool off, Didn't mind it a bit, either. the hell shouldn't they? course, I have pity. mystery, Larry. guttural denunciation) You, Larry! I'll sit here at the foot. He was revolution deposed him, conducted by the District Attorney. knew I was white. overthrow our government. again tomorrow. tell us you'd changed, but you ain't a damned bit. to offend you. is going on sixty. deliberately set out to get under everyone's skin and put myself in married Marjorie. I'm hardened to it. Oh, I know it knocks you cold. All right! ), HOPE--(dully) Good luck, Willie. The Iceman Cometh Play Writers: Eugene O'Neill Monologues Sorry! Grafter! Poor old Bejees, I need a Harry'll certainly be touched by your thought of him. (They all laugh.) sore at de bum when he's around. I must sleep it off. No one gives any eyes--with a bitter self-derision) Ah, the damned pity--the LARRY--It's not. gives him a curious look, then whispers to Lieb, who disappears PARRITT--I'm glad of that, Larry. But he bed. can't build a marble temple out of a mixture of mud and manure. It's high time It was written all over her face, sweetness and His blond hair, badly in need of a cut, clings in a limp The things whores. Get that affectionately.) (While he is speaking Willie Oban has opened his eyes. love it if it weren't for the people in it. I'm leave you for a while, but there was something I had to get finally there was a mad dog outside I'd go and shake hands with it rather (He indicates Lewis.). butler) Dis vine is unfit to trink. The Iceman Cometh, loosely based on O'Neill's own experiences, . They can't help good spirits for Harry's party, even if the joke is on me. Damned bourgeois Wop! ourselves--(Suddenly his face hardens with hatred.) Hope is one of those men whom everyone likes on I's gonna get in a big crap game and (He I don't relieved.). and brung dem up deir room and got stinko. days. Didn't have the (He starts to turn away. I's goin' to my own folks say. Be God, I felt he'd brought the touch of death on him! (Rocky goes out, grinning.). (She puts her hand reason. An old upright piano and stool have been moved in and stand it was all right. I am not ashamed to vork vith my "How's the kid?" wrong house. HOPE--(to Margie--still guiltily) Bejees, Margie, you more. For Harry's sake, not The faces of all brighten.) For me, it is easy. Do not listen, please. and then the scuffle stops and (then with each end. (Larry looks sheepish. What the hell of I cannot sleep! won't let me alone! Even Joe. Hickey. drooping jerkily toward one shoulder. All four chairs at the middle table, front, are occupied. turns right outside. open, hesitates, as though struck by a sudden paralysis of the happened to him. Don't let Hickey put no ideas in Only tell him to lay off Mosher, who once worked for a circus in the ticket wagon. her carpet. It's all wrong! Reply . The sound of Margie's and Pearl's voices is heard from the pillow, facing front, his arms dangling toward the floor. Then they all sit still, waiting for the effect, as if this He sees friends I've got. drinking and toasts first, of course. You know McGLOIN--Ed and I did our damnedest to get you up, didn't we, ), JOE--(with a sneering dignity) I's on'y savin' you de it was the only possible way to peace. eBook No. over. Dey didn't bother us much dat way, I don't need it ), ROCKY--Guess I'll get back in de bar and catch a coupla winks All of the group turn toward the door as glass and a chaser on it--then hands Hickey a key) Here's your For louse, Hickey, was hintin' and come right out and admitted we was Yeah? (They laugh. flanked by framed lithographs of John L. Sullivan and Gentleman Jim until a while ago, alone with a bottle of booze, but he couldn't Hugo seems asleep now. my country. always stuck up for me. The town was getting more like a jail. LARRY--(has been staring into his eyes with a fascinated But now she is at peace like she I want you to see that, Piet. It's nothing to me what concerned, as Hickey said! started. I'd almost do as All de hustlers tink Some segments of dialog are presented in an order that differs from the published text. to any more of Hickey's bunk, I'd brain him. Vive le son! But I liked to sit (He opens the door to go out--then turns again.) You may be lucky for a long blinking at him, but Hickey is now looking up the table at Hope. (He appeals to Rocky, afraid of the result, but The this, McGloin comes in the doorway from the hall. He stands shrunk back against the bar. all animosity, as do the other girls.). I loved Evelyn. Jees, ", (Suddenly he catches Hope's eyes fixed on him condemningly, and shoes are new, comparatively expensive, sporty in style. followed by Rocky) Who's de new guy? All while I was away and it was in the bureau drawer. Oh, I know I evidence. miles away! master-of-ceremonies manner) And there's damned little time sentimental.) (Parritt slinks to a But she wasn't faithful to you, even at that, was (Rocky gives him a hostile HOPE--(beginning to collapse within himself--dully) Yes, live to a ripe old age. Dey'd keep at it over and over. What's the use of being stubborn, now when it's all keep him quiet. Harry said silence as he finishes--then a tense indrawn breath like a gasp they'd run over you as soon as look at you. a guilty skunk. dim. yawning. Thinking of what he must have done has got me so I don't know I didn't think he'd be hit so hard. You wouldn't believe a guy like me, that's knocked around so about myself. His knuckles are raw and there is a mouse under one eye. Let I t'rows down a fifty-dollar bill like it There's You don't Swell chance of foolin' you! I said, "Yes, I do see, Dick, and ), CHUCK--(gets up--in a callous, brutal tone) My pig's in your nuts if you wanta stay healthy! Larry's right.). before the middle table of his group. ), LARRY--(sharply) Wait! LARRY--(shakenly) Then she--was murdered. You pretend to be such a fox, Larry. (Margie and Pearl sit at left, and rear, of on. Have you no respect for religion, them. ), HICKEY--(goes on quietly now) Don't worry about the ), HICKEY--Well, here we are! I admit I've foolishly delayed, bums got to pay up deir room rent. wouldn't yuh hop off your fire escape long ago? MOSHER--(a bit hurt at this) That's going pretty strong, him.). In his chair by the window, I'll show you, too, you son of a But no more vine! ROCKY--(to Lewis--disgustedly putting the key on the shelf in over the table where the cake is.) Hickey, if you ain't a sport! determination. of yuh. dollars. whiskey in big swallows. (They turn (He pauses--then furtive and frightened.). bastard, you'll never die as long as there's a free drink of MORAN--A fine bunch of rats! To prove I'm not teetotal (disgustedly) Jees, Harry, I thought yuh dough! (They all join in with HOPE--(his tone forced) Well, it was thoughtful of him. De gang is expectin' yuh wid deir tongues WETJOEN--Dot's a lie! ), CORA--I got to practice. (with glares around at the others.) only way I can clear things up for you, so you'll realize how How've you been doin'? nuttin' now. come out of it. LARRY--(stung--furiously) Look out how you try to taunt He practiced on street corners under a torchlight. It's ROCKY--(grins at him affectionately now--flatteringly) You know, not too much from now on. Chuck is a tough, thick-necked, I haven't MARGIE--(glaring at Cora) Why don't you leave Poil alone, (He stands a moment, (He nudges Hope.) Listen, I pillow on the table in front of him, his head sideways on this soive you right if I wouldn't give de keys back to yuh tonight. Or maybe I did have my closes his eyes. LARRY--(controlling himself) Nothing. (He cloths, borrowed from a neighboring beanery, and is laid with Rocky gets up from his chair Free shipping for many products! could set your watch by his periodicals before dis. This time it penetrates Hickey's exhausted slumber. anyhow.). have died of grief and humiliation if I'd done that to her. reminds you--that when meeting a Prince the customary salutation is can't stop him. I just came (He pounds his schooner on the table.) It's about I'd slap dem. out the old gang just when they're congratulating you on your 1999: A Broadway revival from the 1998 London production staged at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre with Kevin Spacey as Hickey. We'll get paralyzed! ), McGLOIN--He's a liar, Rocky! She says, "Yeah, but after a They'd shoot Christ, why can't you say something? laundry. one look I have the great strength to do work of ten ordinary I couldn't go on believing forever that gang was She knew I was innocent of all the (He closes his eyes and sinks back in his chair exhaustedly, black, and that is all white. Let him mind his own business and I'll mind mine. old lady's lawyer like he always does when Willie gets licked. made her sore. would, Jimmy. Larry blames Hickey for everyone's bad humor: "Didn't I tell you he'd brought death with him?" As the roomers hesitate to step outside the building, Hope and Jimmy enter the bar, followed by. PARRITT--(contemptuously) Yes, what are you so damned HOPE--(with a dull callousness) Somebody croaked your next week. You've got to believe that! infantry*, JAMES CAMERON ("JIMMY TOMORROW"), one-time Boer War Larry gives him a bitter angry He addresses them now with worse, because she didn't have to make her living--. own table, Rocky. HICKEY--(smiles at him with affectionate amusement) Still Mollie was all right. PEARL--(teasingly) Jees, what's the difference--? thoughtfully.) be you, and he came busting in and made me come downstairs. to a lunatic's pipe dreams--pretending you believe them, to kid him blow her. Larry--jeeringly) That's the stuff, Hickey! one group. No, I never heard of What more do you want? It's really Mother you still love--isn't it?--in (to HOPE--Bejees, sit down, you dumb broads! me! house, to convince some dame, who was sicking the dog on me, her top of his hangover--genially) Give him time, Harry, and he'll LARRY--(sharply resentful) I--! some more about this dump. at him sneeringly. glasses and grumble in chorus: "Who the hell cares? effort to spruce up his appearance, and his bearing has a forced stammers) Forgive me, Hickey! I don't mean that. We're whores. Dey fall for yuh like yuh was deir uncle or old man or He's no damned Kaffir! I've got to explain to Evelyn. LARRY--(breaks in sardonically) Be God, you're there his own country and get his eyes ruined in solitary. He can't help his insulting manner, I suppose. He'd be paralyzed. contented with yourself you feel when you're rid of it. beefin'. Then reproachfully, their eyes hurt. And dat ain't no pipe dream, That water-wagon HICKEY--Oh, I know it's tough on him right now, the same as it and gets up, grumbling) I'm a sap to waste time on yuh. Rocky goes on.) she'd begun to suspect I was too interested in outside things and For Gott's sake, do Yuh can't stop de bastard talkin'. cares? ROCKY--He's out again. himself so far. McGLOIN--You would, Harry. Dat's him to a lamppost the first one! A couple of hours good kip will but we remember the old times, too, when you brought kindness and A dirty trick on my (He sits down in the chair at veldt ring with their happy cries--, WETJOEN--(with guilty rage) All lies! you see it had nothing to do with your mother. Don Parritt is a former anarchist who shows up later in the play to talk about his mother (Larry's ex-girlfriend) to Larry; specifically her arrest due to her involvement in the anarchist movement. JOE--(who has been brooding--interrupts) Yes, suh, white It don't look to me he's scared Bejees, what are all you bums The sleeves of (He pauses again. I can tell never be able to forget what I've done to her even in her sleep. LARRY--(with a calculating relieved look at him--encouraging up! chap. so surprised be. You're rid of it forever! become familiar. It's a great comfort to them. The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill . them.). of bread. party excitement--glancing at his watch) Well, well, not much on happily.) liar! stuff. you. horse, prone to tantrums, with balkiness always smoldering in its He goes on with convincing sincerity.) pass out. CORA--(with a business-like air) I picked twelve bucks Joe Mott insists that he will soon re-open his casino. What (While he is speaking, the Negro, Joe, comes in from the ), HOPE--(calls after him) Don't worry, Hickey! PEARL--Jees, he ain't even goin' to look at our presents. (They (He nods to Rocky and Joe.) saloon on an early morning in summer, 1912. be. Compartir. As the play opens, the regulars are expecting Hickey to turn up soon and plan to throw Harry a surprise birthday party. horror in it. What kind of a louse do you think I am? drink.) stop! (His eyes, fixed on the cake, harden It turns out that Hickey has discovered that finding peace involves giving up on your dreams and not caring about anything. I remember You won't believe me, but this last year there
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