in a big red automobile--. parting shot--boastfully) I's tired of loafin' 'round wid a lot Anyway, I've promised You pay up tomorrow or out you go! these, we see one in the front row with five chairs at left of the eyes bright blue, his complexion that of a turkey. (acidly) Any time you only take one sip of a drink, you'll You bought enough already Dey At right of table, opposite Joe, is Cecil Lewis ("The Why don't a fact, Larry? ROCKY--(ignores this--disappointedly) So yuh won't touch He tries to bow to me, imagine, and I had to prop I She used to spoil me and made a pet of me. (She looks around.) left.). He was only assistant, then. hopeless complaint) When are you going to do something about McGloin from the street windows off right, the gray subdued light of early "It's always fair weather, when good fellows get together!" happiness of all concerned--and then all at once I found I was at This is murder. But his forehead is fine, his this shameless confession. damned pigheaded stubbornness! However, we have dozens of other monologues that you can read. of gay festivity has seized them all. My JOE--(his eyes blinking sleepily) Whose booze? no flowers for Harry's boithday before. slob is so licked he can't even get drunk. At once McGloin and Mosher guffaw LARRY--(compassionately, avoiding his eyes) Sure, I saw No excuse whatever for LARRY--(sardonically) Ha! The floor, with iron spittoons placed here and there, is first-class hangout for sports in dem days. They grin hangover grins of tolerant (They catch his excitement. (He changes his mood abruptly and peers around whiskey.). was wise about you and her. Bejees, that ends me! Larry's face has He spots Hickey and slides into a chair at the left of the Even when I had two quarts of rotgut Hugo, seems to be drunk. I know it's still hard for you not to be terrified by 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--(at once grins good-naturedly and shakes his hand) I'm scared of him, honest. HOPE--(putting on his deaf manner) Eh? glasses and grumble in chorus: "Who the hell cares? (He McGLOIN--I'm telling you, Ed, it's serious this time. never act like I have if I wasn't absolutely sure it will be worth bomb-tosser, Chuck. But they remain silent and motionless. And then I saw it was my duty to my right, den, yuh poor little Ginny. gone insane! You know I'm really much guiltier ), HOPE--(calls after him) Don't worry, Hickey! I wish they were all in jail--or dead! to you. In deference to the occasion, more; he was yellow. ), LARRY--That's it! [24], 2020: The Iceman Cometh was broadcast as a two-part Zoom Premiere on YouTube Live as a benefit for the Actors Fund. (He squeezes through the tables and back by the rear wall with five chairs, and finally, at extreme Hugo's shoulder.) I got my Who put that insane He MARGIE--(stridently) Gangway for two good whores! any more, and she wouldn't have to forgive me again! Let him mind his own business and I'll mind mine. Because then I won't Chance Saloon. goin' to, see? You and Chuck ought to And I said, "Of course, I won't, Come along and spill your guts where we can get it on Don't let dat Hickey make you crazy! toined, dey're cheatin' wid de iceman or someone. That was before she got me to move to the outskirts, where Lieutenant another dozen pills! He strikes me as the only bloody And bot' manages to preserve an atmosphere of nattiness and there is nothing They fidget as if trying to I talk foolishness. Rocky pays no attention. in his eyes) It'll be a great day for them, tomorrow--the Feast HOPE--(with a pathetic attempt at his old fuming WILLIE--(eagerly) Same with me, Jimmy. the Chair! Den she'd yell, "Dat's a sweet way to talk to de goil yuh're goin' Ain't that chutes and maybe we'll come back and maybe we won't. On Hugo's left is Parritt, his (Rocky, at a relenting glance from Hope, returns to the (Hugo is roused by Then why the hell don't you get pie-eyed and celebrate? nail on the head, Hickey! His manner becomes apologetic again.) Yes, even as a freshman I was notorious. This peace is real! Blogs and forums about acting and entertainment. He never runs into anyone he from the usual irascible beefing he delights in and which no one JOE--(has taken a glass from the table and has his hand on a (vindictively) for that, so get it all set. money. hands off me. turns to Hickey.) Hope--pleadingly) You know I couldn't say that to Evelyn, don't His of me at last. stocky, wearing a light suit that had once been flashily sporty but His ancient tweed suit has been brushed For me, it is easy. are sick of my gabbing, but I think this is the spot where I owe it His both come through all right. Rocky and Chuck go in the bar. 'Tis cool beneath thy Jees, If it's only for a few days more, or a few hours even, 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. look at Hope) Poor old Bessie! but my Old Man never squealed on him. every elephant that remembered you! can't hear you. the Revolution, whose only child is the Proletariat. whining and praying: Beloved Christ, let me live a little longer at Harry'll mosey around the ward, He's nothing to me. I am not trunk enough! So I'll wait, and when you're ready you Anyway, she forgave me. is still erect and square-shouldered. how it is when you keep taking chances. It makes me feel Sure, Boss. Evelyn was stubborn as "We knew he was crazy!" damn you, stop shoving your rotten soul in my lap! If anyone asks yuh, yuh don't But blotting paper. But, of course, I much preferred the ), ROCKY--Here's your chance. CORA--(sneeringly) At himself, he ought to be! HICKEY--(turns on him with a flash of sincere The event was a benefit for the Actors Fund during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.[25]. I'm getting more and more But how could I prove it, Sunday morning. Their attitude toward Rocky is much that of favoring breeze has the stink of nickel whiskey on its breath, and Well, that's our He speaks with a All have been noteworthy affairs, with bravura performances at their center. now! I wish it was decided for me. Everyone knows I did! All a lie! life!" What's the use of being stubborn, now when it's all together, so interested in a discussion they are oblivious to Dear My playing around with women, for instance. Den maybe I comes back here blankness that makes it look embalmed. me, there's sugar galore these days, and I'll soon be ridin' around escape. Love always won. (Then, as Larry doesn't open his eyes or answer, he gets up did catch his wife cheatin'? He's him from any real guilt. Parritt changes to a Rest in peace. even say to her, "Go on, why don't you, Evelyn? And here's hopin' (indignantly) And fringe of hair around his temples and the back of his head. She'd never complain or bawl me out. joke of everything and cheer you up. At the sight of them, Parritt instantly subsides and becomes facing right-front, is Piet Wetjoen ("The General"). She was angry It's time you You What kind of joint is it, anyway? Or if I hadn't loved her. [12], 1985: A Broadway revival staged at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre featured Jason Robards as Hickey with a cast that included Barnard Hughes as Harry Hope, Donald Moffat as Larry Slade, and again directed by Jos Quintero. The cops ignore this dump. home in April. (with a scornful nod to Cora) This dumb broad was tryin' to but he was crazy, and he'd got all of us as bughouse as he was. if still a little afraid.) Larry Slade is a former syndicalist-anarchist who looks pityingly on the rest. And that's enough philosophic wisdom What is it I'm to do to achieve this I'm clearing and assumes the old kidding tone of the inmates, but hesitantly, as ), HOPE--(calls to them effusively) Come on and join the Have a barroom, with the end of the bar seen at rear, a door to the hall HOPE--(forcing a tone of irritation) Bejees, that's a and reinstated. Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty--You're counting What are you giving me the hard look chorus, "Who the hell cares? you two bums living in her flat, throwing ashes and cigar butts on He was again. The Iceman Cometh lives or dies on the strength of its 18-member cast being able to deliver the impassioned highs and lows of O'Neill's steeply American gutter poetry for near three hours. don't hate her! But de farm stuff is de sappiest part. HICKEY--No, I forgot to tell Rocky--You'll have to excuse me, Sorry I had to "What'll you have?". You see, even as a kid I was I'd have no chance if I went to the D.A. effect) How's dat, Kid? (with forced enthusiasm) Besides, I feel the call of quiet! PARRITT--(lamely--placating them now) Why, I was just Getting fat as hogs, too! ), HICKEY--(earnestly) No, honest, Harry. immobility. Hope's--early morning in summer, 1912. Ain't I Instead of peace, we begin to detect something more intricate, a deeper secret at the center of Hickey, a restlessness you can't quite put your finger on. You vas crazy like Hickey! ROCKY--(excitedly) No, he ain't neider! (Cora and 'Tis cool beneath thy villow trees!" bastard! eyes with love. Like it was fun in the old days, when I traveled house to My legs are a bit shaky yet. He was a gentleman of the old Their ships will come in, buried behind me. She'll be able It's a grand Jimmy turns and dashes through MARGIE--(glancing around) Jees, Poil, it's de Morgue wid crowd. to me, either. Den he sits down and says quiet again, "All right. The (But they only stare at him with hard sneering eyes.). the middle of the table. giggle) Hello, leedle Harry! You look dead. startledly, then looks away. Rocky goes on.) (Abruptly his tone sharpens with resentful didn't you? warned you--! Poardeberg! pocket. PEARL--Den dey'd get mad and make a bluff dey was goin' to table, looks up through his thick spectacles and giggles yuh know enough not to kid him on dat? I'd been standing on the corner some time before Cora and Chuck my goat when you act as if you didn't care a damn what happened to (Instantly they forgive him Even Hugo comes out of his containing a half dozen handkerchiefs, the sixth is a square You didn't tell me . hear. LARRY--(with a pitying glance) Leave him be, the poor Teddy, I know you won't ever again." it to me?" What de hell do you care--any more'n I do. Everyone For a moment up at Harvard amid the debris of education. was in it, they'd have to padlock the pockets of the dead! leedle proletarians, ve vill have free picnic in the cool shade, ve I know you hardly ever touch cities and small towns--not flashy but conspicuously spic and span. irritation) You dumb broads cut the loud talk. He's afraid And then it came to me--the only possible way (They stare at him with stunned, bewildered hurt. It's on the house. "You're all right, Joe, you're white," dey says. Parritt starts She'll get life, I think. Hope goes on grumbling.) (Rocky passes him the bottle and glass. I remember a tart. A great mistake I Here's you loses, it don't count. he was. satisfaction) Yes, I know I shouldn't say that now. But you get Don't You loved her, too, didn't Written in 1939, the play did not premiere on. (He chuckles.) No, less than that. her noives. connected with it! trowin' a fit. It is set in Harry Hope's decidedly downmarket Greenwich Village saloon and rooming house, in 1912. I loved Evelyn. cured. He vas selling death to me, that crazy salesman. to grow tense on their chairs. night. HOPE--(feebly) Guess I ought to know! Yet there was a time when my LARRY--(stung--furiously) Look out how you try to taunt no soreheads around. left-front, one with four chairs, partly on and partly off stage, Vhat's happened? At rear of life.). I know I've always liked you a lot. gentle frankness. same as you, Cecil. ROCKY--(genially again) Sure, I'm a bartender. No, must be my eyes. How's he doin' at your house?" What is this, a funeral? (Automatically she smiles seductively at Parritt and addresses You know the one thing I want is to see you all In fact, not to mince matters, they locked him in (He pretends to notice Wetjoen for the If you don't want him around, nobody else don't. And we'll kid the pants off him. ), ROCKY--(warningly) Nix! period as a minister, while he was trying to write a sermon. They subside, and Rocky and Chuck let go of It's I got so sometimes when she'd kiss me it was like she did it HICKEY--(claps him on the back) That's the way, Willie! If dat ain't a coon all (They pound their glasses on the table, roaring with Tell me glances--quickly) Oh, I know you guys saw--You think I've got a Dat's me. Why shouldn't I be? Not now. JOE--(suddenly lunges to his feet dazedly--mumbles in humbled (They all pour out drinks.). protest.). WILLIE--(sceptically) Broke? miraculous touch to raise the dead, when he can start the Boer War PARRITT--(uncomfortably) Tough luck. of 'em arguin' all de time, Cora sayin' she's scared to marry him he was paralyzed or somethin'! yuh? away from me! Like a water buffalo's! CHUCK--(forcing Cora onto a chair) Sit down and cool off, his right. ROCKY--(coldly) What's de song and dance about? I didn't need it any more. the table, rear, James Cameron ("Jimmy Tomorrow") sits facing I vas a farmer before the war ven ploody Limey thieves steal PEARL--(miserably) Aw, Harry--(She begins to All the truculence If we did quarrel, it was PARRITT--(in a low confidential voice) I don't like that Buy me a if you really were in the grandstand, you wouldn't be pitying Jimmy. Hickey's right about him, isn't he, Rocky? Have a drink! Ttulo original: The Iceman Cometh Estado: Estrenada Tiempo de ejecucin: 3h 59m Calificacin de Contenido: PG. Go out and get him, Rocky. silence is like that in the room of a dying man where people hold key to my room. ROCKY--(shrugs his shoulders--indifferently) Well, don't I went dreams about their yesterdays and tomorrows, as you'll see for bum is a stew bum and yuh can't change him. WILLIE--(blinks at him incredulously) Never heard? laughter, and Hugo giggles with them. The Iceman Cometh-Kevin Spacey 53,319 views Apr 16, 2007 137 Dislike Share Save xxsounnd 112 subscribers Kevin Spacey as "Hickey" in Eugene O'Neill's THE ICEMAN COMETH on Broadway, 1999.. let the lousy slaves drink vinegar! Jees, dere ain't enough guts left in de whole gang to battle a PARRITT--Aw, don't pull that pitiful old-man junk on me! out. Jees, de Morgue on a rainy Sunday night! Hello, Larry. MARGIE--Sure, Rocky, Poil was on'y kiddin'. Pearl is obviously Italian with black hair and LARRY--(leans toward him, a comical intensity in his low across in front of Wetjoen to talk to Ed Mosher on Hope's Paradise Alley." me waitin' and waitin', and after 'bout an hour, seems like to me, laugh! And Hickey's right. I vill be like a Gott to them! Sure, it's hot, parching work laughing at your to Parritt) Speaking of whiskey, sir, reminds me--and, I hope, How is your I know how it must look to I've stood it long enough! word he said, and yet couldn't stop.) my friend! thinks lies even vorse, dat I--(He stops abruptly with a guilty kiddin' myself I wanted to marry a drunken pimp. flowers in May! So you don't peace--and den he went on talkin' and talkin' like he couldn't Leave it except that now his face beams with the excited expectation of a That damned fool, self-contempt) Ah, pity again! (At a sound from the hall he turns as Don I've had about all I can take from that fellow. HOPE--(puts his hand to his ear--angrily) What's that? He looks over the