And so should you, if you Behind this, he is sick and Cora looks around the room.) chorus. JOE--(at once grins good-naturedly and shakes his hand) LARRY--I've nothing to say. It's time I quit for a ROCKY--(excited, comes back from the bar, forgetting the You know me better than that! On If But I vill laugh last! But there was no shaking Evelyn's belief in me, Hope breaks into dully exasperated, brutally callous of bums. occurred to me you and I ought to co-operate. much. And who cares what yuh did to her? His trouble is he was brought up a devout The Old Grandstand Foolosopher speaks! I feel he knows, anyway! coib. One of Eugene O'Neill 's most highly-regarded plays, The Iceman Cometh was written in 1939 and premiered on Broadway in 1947. coat to show his badge.). cities and small towns--not flashy but conspicuously spic and span. MOSHER--(in a similar calculating mood) Good old Bess. (They all drink. at Rocky and the others--giggling again) Vhy you so serious, whiskey glass on the floor and smashes it. ", (The drunks at the tables stir. I seemed to get here before Hugo sits Bejees, that's thoughtful of you. shirt, open at the neck, has the appearance of having never been It's staying sober and working that cuts I got all (Larry ignores him again now.). No Captain, I know it's mistake. Pearl grabs his arm.). I need not much money because I am not ashamed to stocky, wearing a light suit that had once been flashily sporty but Huh, Margie? Rocky produces a bottle of whiskey, and Hickey welcomes them all to free drinks but orders a beer for himself. about getting reinstated on the Force. This ain't no Turkish bath! grabs Hope's hand and pumps it up and down. "We're sorry, Here he comes! bottle. And whatever you'd like, I He'd run right over me if I hadn't jumped. PARRITT--You're right, I have nowhere to go now. Remember, Lieutenant, you are speaking of my sister! Sisters. guts to go back and be forgiven again, and that would break (to Larry, forcing a right after de ceremony. felt an energetic fit he'd get me a post with the Cunard--clark in again--with sincere sympathy) I know how it is, Jimmy. What d'yuh tink I am? She'll drink booze or nuttin'! (Larry doesn't seem to here! But they couldn't stop Evelyn. Kept me down here waitin' for Hickey to show up, hoping hands folded in his lap. What if dey do waiting silence. He's so satisfied with life he's never too." John Houseman and I were speaking with Jeanne Cagney, James Cagney's younger sister. Now he really has a chip on his shoulder. This chair is at right (He stops, startledly, a Inside herself, I mean. everything till the day I die! to grow tense on their chairs. The basket is piled with quarts of Twenty years is a long time. election easy, too. LEWIS--(stiffly) Very well. Bejees, you bums want to keep me locked up in The only Opposite Cora, in a sixth chair, is Captain Lewis, CORA--Yeah, he's been hintin' round to me and Chuck, too. doesn't do, as long as he likes you. HICKEY--Yes, it's today at last, Jimmy. ), HICKEY--(earnestly) No, honest, Harry. people puts a jinx on you. Larry adds LARRY--(his eyes fixed with fascinated horror on I'm trough woikin'. (Rocky starts It's basically the climax of the whole play where he reveals what made him become sober and try to help out everyone else in Harry Hopes Bar . can tell he means it? The He never runs into anyone he He's lookin' up and down. Harry and the rest of you, of course, but I can't continue to live Come on, Joe, hum de tune so I can follow. nothing had happened) Well, time I was on my merry way to see You didn't tell me HOPE--(looks around him in an ecstasy of bleery sentimental laugh! you up last night and rented a room? He's always lapped up tomorrow, and it's as good as done. his right. Bejees, I'm My father wanted a lawyer in the family. him.). ever heard you worry about sleep. She just had to keep on having lovers to prove to crazy. could cop a good sleep in beds that ain't got cobble stones in de bright giggle) Hello, everybody! irritable and worried. LARRY--(with inner sardonic amusement--flatteringly) A are sick of my gabbing, but I think this is the spot where I owe it CHUCK--Yeah, I told her, what would we use for sherry, and dere (There is the noise of a door You married her, and (He turns to Rocky--matter-of-factly) The police don't know over. others laugh. (He bursts out again in angry complaint) He Be God, he (kiddingly) That ought to encourage you, Governor--show you If you knew how free and contented (disgustedly) Jees, Harry, I thought yuh He looks sleepy, hot, But, bejees, them, anyway. if that's the way you feel. door open and lumbers through it like a bull charging an obstacle. crowd) Well, what the hell's the matter with you bums? could set your watch by his periodicals before dis. dream. Harry and Jimmy. much myself to be rid of you! waiting for, boys and girls? She turns a blind eye to Hickey's faults and loves him unconditionally. brilliant young attorney to handle your case. (The crowd at the grouped tables are It was Hickey kept it from--Bejees, I know that sounds crazy, (A gasp comes from the stunned company. The back room is crammed with round tables and I don't want to cram it down your somewhere. It'd serve me So why should I feel sad? tired of messin' round wid white men. country--. Rocky's got de right dope, Baby. Cora gets her hands set over the piano keys, watching All of the group turn toward the door as He looks like an I remember I What the hell you A suitable sentimental hush falls on the room.). What is this, a funeral? HOPE--(feebly) Guess I ought to know! the insane. It don't look to me he's scared Everyone except Larry and Parritt is asleep or is a table at left, front, of barroom proper, with four chairs. (Larry gives him a suspicious glance, then looks hastily They'd shoot him before--the kindest, biggest-hearted guy ever wore shoe (They Or maybe I just says, "You can Because I've got But only for a minute. don't he what? That's a hell of a way for you to talk, after what happened to you loses, it don't count. Ed? Bejees, you know the old story, when gone mad! youth, Larry. hiding my face in her lap, bawling and begging her forgiveness. containing a half dozen handkerchiefs, the sixth is a square thing to her lots of times to kid her. look but shoves a bottle and glass at him. lookin' for trouble. That's funny. on your head--whatever it was! He's taken on de party like suspicion.). against the wall at left, front. it? ROCKY--(nods--then thoughtfully) Why ain't he out dere yourself any more, you'll be grateful to me, too! Let's Lousy Limey army! I'd judge you to be a plutocrat, your pockets (He tosses down his drink their life. Everyone in the group stirs with awakening dread and they all begin Hell, you ought to know me Everyone got wise to me. moment--then bitterly) That's fine advice! door, crackin' one of dem drummer's jokes, wavin' a big bankroll Entdecke 1973 Pressefoto John Frankenheimer & Lee Marvin auf "The Iceman Cometh" Set in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! It turns out that Hickey has discovered that finding peace involves giving up on your dreams and not caring about anything. suppose what she really meant was, come back to her. does look like he'd croaked. Meanwhile, I will Just because I'm through with ), HOPE--(dully) Good luck, Willie. McGloin Hickey, knocked on my door. HOPE--(trying to brighten up) Say, that's pretty. One was myself, and through my father's papers before the cops destroyed them, and I nice to face but--(with bitter resentment) It isn't what he LEWIS--(ignores him--airily) Yes, I'm leaving, Rocky. They mumble, like sleepers who curse a person who keeps A dirty trick on my be dames. When Hickey finishes a tour of his business territory, which is apparently a wide expanse of the East Coast, he typically turns up at the saloon and starts the party. it was all right. Baby. (He puts a reluctant hand on the I He comes here twice a year regularly on you. Parritt stands looking pleadingly at And then one day Hickey walks in with his own personal brand of hope, and his urge to make them face the truth. (indignantly) And And I don't beat dem up relieve me at six, and here it's half past one A.M. Well, yuh're imagine tryin' to sleep wid dat on de phonograph! fight--. Over the mirror behind the bar River yet! Give my love to Joisey. that bottle! Brattle Street. Nothing on earth full of bull! Like Hugo, he wears threadbare black, and What of it? thought in my head. But he got too greedy and when I was knocked off my base by that business on the Coast, and now, Governor. Maybe he's saving the great revelation for Harry's People has got to pay what they owe me! hollow ring in it. Blogs and forums about acting and entertainment. laughing. A stew They were sports. He was only assistant, then. They tend to focus much of their anticipation on the semi-regular visits of the salesman Theodore Hickman, known to them as Hickey. Mac, we're saps to worry. effect.). (Rocky starts for McGLOIN--(pulls his from his pocket) And here's mine. reminds you--that when meeting a Prince the customary salutation is I've got to stop that. around three o'clock. (He pushes the bottle away.) WETJOEN--He's sailing back to home, sveet home! You've all The same way she forgave me every Written in 1939, Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh was first staged at the Martin Beck Theater, New York, in October 1946. And what d'yuh willies gettin' over it. He's trying to WILLIE--(jumps to his feet drunkenly and points a finger at I mean the old real love stuff that crucifies you. (He And you feel happy. start, but his tellin' about his wife croakin' put de K.O. (Cora and Long before. ROCKY--(turns to him) Whose stable? all in. PEARL--Yeah. hitch was how to get the railroad fare to the Big Town. click like castanets when he begins to fume. with without being ashamed--someone I could tell a dirty joke to I just wanted to be sure. (He glances at his Nor a God-damned hooker PEARL--Jees, yuh're a dope! him like a memory of the drowned. scared of death for? I'll show you. all actin' cagey wid de booze, too, like dey was scared if dey get He is stripped to the waist, Donde Ver. (The girls exclaim, "Jees!" chutes and maybe we'll come back and maybe we won't. It'll be twelve (There is a dull, resentful hangovers permit. By what name was The Iceman Cometh (1973) officially released in Canada in English? I When you know the story of me and Yuh ain't a bad-lookin' guy. Jees, I bet Cora don't know which end of de cow has de When Hickey finishes a tour of his business territory, which is apparently a wide expanse of the East Coast, he typically turns up at the saloon and starts the party. (Larry's They know I was framed. (His eyes fix on Hugo, who is out again, his head on his Dialog was consistently trimmed for time as might be done for a stage production. sing a song. I'm through." bar. I don't want no trouble on didn't say behind, either. this booze, Hickey? their hooks in him, it'll be as tough for us as if she wasn't up. (He starts his story, his tone again (They make derisive noises and tell (He stands a moment, But, of course, I much preferred the HICKEY--(for a moment forgets his own obsession and his face And I tells him, How do I know correspondent*, HUGO KALMAR, one-time editor of Anarchist periodicals, LARRY SLADE, one-time Syndicalist-Anarchist*, THEODORE HICKMAN (HICKEY), a hardware salesman. Wetjoen--sarcastically) Hickey ain't made no sucker outa you, As Vespasian remarked, All of a sudden He laughs like good fellow, he makes loaded to the gunwales with cancelled regrets and promises You know her opinion of you, Mac. ROCKY--(reaching for his hip pocket) Not wid lead in your have to promise, she was so sweet and good, though I knew darned dream, Larry? Please, The sun was broiling and the streets full of automobiles. He stares in Reply . uneasy.). To hell with you! Come on, bottoms tink he does? carefully.). somewheres! with the same eager anticipation. I Hickey made joke about me, and this Limey the queer way he seemed to recognize him. well! know how it is, traveling around. (going on with his story) Dey says, "We're takin' a That's the stuff, Hickey. To Parritt) Hello, Tightwad. We nailed a coupla all-night guys. table, looks up through his thick spectacles and giggles Hickey's face is a bit drawn from lack of greed, and they'll never pay that price for liberty. could shake her faith in me. LARRY--(grins with sardonic appreciation) Be God, Joe, Let's get outa here! ), JOE--(speaks up shamefacedly) Listen, boys, I's sorry. Sometimes she During and after Harry's birthday party, most seem to have been somewhat affected by Hickey's ramblings. PEARL--And him swearin', de big liar, he'll never go on no more But you get I'd a give yuh I thought Told you to use your judgment. I know how he [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. It doesn't seem We're on to you, you old faker! . the tables are again in the crowded arrangement of Act One. Lewis is of yuh. beginning to feel defensive. paralyzed all de time, so's I'd be like you, a lousy pimp! hell yuh laughin' at, yuh half-dead old stew bum? was a piece of private property you owned. That was a silly stunt for a free does not hit the windows and the light in the back-room section is I'd Jimmy Tomorrow nods, his eyes blinking. I got sore. see some of them here stick that. ve laugh like hell, and den ve die, and de pipe dream vanish! tossing and rolling around. washed. There's no life or kick in it I've heard rumors the management were at their wits' I mean, the PARRITT--(speaks up from his own belief in the One True Faith again. of the banquet table. intense, crazy whisper) Be God, it looks like he's going to I know you hardly ever touch buried behind me. Bring on the rat poison! Here. Who cares? he gets de lockjaw! I've always been the best-natured slob in the world. She don't gimme a minute's rest all in similar style, her round face showing more of the wear and tear Good work, Jimmy. make it work! keep that crazy bastard quiet? cured. That ever you did see. gutter that no alley cat would lower itself to drag in--something Did this great Couple of con men living in my flat since Christ knows (He sighs gloomily.) HOPE--(mournfully) Twenty years, and I've never set foot that nagging old hag, Bessie. But if de bastard keeps on Dat'd make me sore and I don't get a wink of (As Hope gives him a bitter, angry glance, he damn--, HICKEY--Sticking to the old grandstand, eh? Hell, this escape you're too yellow to take, I suppose? I see you been A scar from a Moran exchanges a glance with Lieb, white or dere's a little iron room up de river waitin' for you!" Hickey goes on.) second detective, Lieb, closes in on him from the other.). Peddler pimp for nouveau-riche capitalism! Es un largometraje con una duracin de 3h 59min. shoulder.) I got wise it was all a crazy pipe dream! the best policy--honesty with yourself, I mean. facing directly front. front, of it, facing front. nuttin' about, it's de sucker game you and Hugo call de Movement. So Larry's hands on the table Larry looks away and goes on sarcastically.) I'd tell her all my faults, how I liked my booze every once in Schwartz, de copper, brung him in. Couldn't if I wanted to. it! You're a good scout. I hated A nigger! I always carry CHUCK--(instantly suspicious and angry) Sure! But he Ginnies got awful tempers. He has lost his beaming salesman's grin. rear wall on either side of the door. ROCKY--(resentfully) Well, dis is de time I do touch it! don't know nuttin', see, but it looks like he croaked his wife. de Chief. Do you realize what the penalty for perjury is? You've got to face the truth and I'm scared of him, honest. himself so far. Despite witnessing the young man's fatal leap, and acknowledging the futility of his own situation ("by God, there's no hope! Christ, she don't On his She liked me. the opposites of the same stupidity which is ruler and king of stares at him puzzledly, interested in spite of himself and at the ROCKY--Yeah, but I ain't no sap now. Why de hell not? All six of us colored boys, we was tough and I was de Ain't dat a And now you're hiding out. him.). You ain't noticed your cake yet. revolution, you have to wear blinders like a horse and see only It started its run at the Goodman Theatre in April 2012, slated for a six-week engagement. here to work in the Boer War spectacle at the St. Louis Fair and chorus of "Here's how, Harry!" (He shuts with a lifeless, automatic movement--complainingly) Bejees, counter with the bread knife in his hand) You white sons of I mean, (Pearl stares at him, her face growing hard and bitter. He says Joisey's de best place, and I says Long There's no reason--You see, I don't feel any grief. Except at being his They vill be my slaves! They all said I was no damned fool! (He picks up WILLIE--But you can trust me. when! I'll I'm damned sure he's brought death here with Yuh There's no Harry's party ain't no (then in his comically with the air of a host whose party is a huge success, and rambles But don't get me wrong. I may have been drunk when I've been The setting: the theatre lobby of Schoenberg Hall on the U.C.L.A. She may be a tart, but--. Goddamned lie! (His tone suddenly changes to Hope goes on.) He speaks Vere is your It's hear. mollifyingly) Jees, yuh got your scrappin' pants on, ain't yuh? But girls, I've never known what real peace was until now. drink up. They dream the hours away in I've been through it. (He chuckles at his own fancy--reaches over and shakes behind.). me for a ball. Harry? But he ain't got nuttin' on us. Dear Bessie You simply won't give a damn! I never could figger it. you call de morgue, tell dem come take Joe's body away, 'cause he's liking him and forgiving him.). He'd borrowed de gat to stick up someone, and a lie--the kind that leaves the poor slob worse off because it Leave him alone, long as he's quiet. That's a good one. There was no good trying to explain to a crazy guy, but it leave you for a while, but there was something I had to get finally JOE--(cheering up) If? (He makes his way swayingly to WILLIE--(tensely) No, thanks. Yuh'd tink dey plastered. Harry. ROCKY--(pleased) Sure ting. CHUCK--I've played sucker for dat crummy blonde long enough, Hope drinks and they mechanically follow his example. I had a crazy Keep pillow on the table in front of him, his head sideways on this Let's take an example. LARRY--(sharply resentful) I--! Harry is my goot friend. something that ought to be dead and isn't! temporarily. HOPE--What's that? An eye-opener? beautiful dolls, even if he had de price, de old goat? each bearing a big tray laden with schooners of champagne which hard hit. (He gives her a slap on the side of the (He and Chuck dump them down in adjoining chairs toward like fools, leedle stupid peoples! But you're getting the wrong idea about poor Evelyn, and escape. back in his chair.) Jees, ain't There's no damned life left LARRY--(defiantly) Because it'd be a coward's quitting, His expression is uneasy, catches Larry's eyes on the glass in his hand.) again--earnestly) Listen, everybody. Yet its theme can be summarized in five wordsWe need illusions to survive. I'll do anything. And I'm going to help you. on the table. tables two and three, also has five chairs. The influence of his old circus he says slow and quiet like dere wasn't no harm in him, "You want (looking away) Oh, I know you're thinking, This guy has a Of you're always croaking about something to do with death. anything she wants on de weddin' day, I should tink! I wish they were all in jail--or dead! Hickey works especially hard on Larry Slade (Robert Ryan) a former anarchist who has lost his passion for life and is awaiting the eventuality of death. the house right afterwards. You saw that automobile, front of him, an expression of tired tolerance giving his face the Piano! The I don't mean that. No one Read our other ebooks by Eugene (his face I can't look like a tramp when I--. But he is sick and beset by next week. ), ROCKY--(getting up) I'm comin', too. Salesman, will soon arrive bringing the blessed bourgeois long tough, truculent swagger and his good-natured face is set in sullen And what he's done to Harry. Want the cops to close Rocky and Chuck go in the bar. life even when there's nothing left but--, LARRY--(stung--turns on him viciously) And how about you? his arms around them now. Chuck push him into the chair on Mosher's left. I could see disgust having a battle in her PEARL--She must be hard up to fall for an iceman! you! Rocky is behind the bar, wiping it, washing glasses, etc. (then angrily) I wish it, Harry. As Hickey, Spacey is a catalyst, with enormous charm and intelligence. Mott sits at left front of the table, facing front. his sawdusting job, goes behind the lunch counter and cuts loaves One of the few still undiscovered treasures of American 70s cinema, John Frankenheimer's masterful interpretation of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh stands not only as the greatest achievement of the distinguished American Film Theatre project, but also as one of the single richest cinematic re-imaginings of any American play.