description: Eugene O’Neill was the first American playwright to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He completed The Iceman Cometh in 1939, but he delayed production until after the war, when it enjoyed a modest run 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 dark play. In the half century since, The Iceman Cometh has gained in stature. Kevin Spacey and James Earl Jones have played Hickey.  The Iceman Cometh focuses on a group of alcoholics who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams.
language: German
title: Der Eismann kommt. Schauspiel in 4 Akten
titlecomplete: Der Eismann kommt. Schauspiel in 4 Akten
characters: James Cameron (Jimmy Tomorrow), Larry Slade, Piet Wetjoen (The General), Harry Hope, Cora, Willie Oban, Chuck Morello, Joe Mott, Pat McGloin, Moran, Don Parritt, Theodore Hickman (Hickey), Ed Mosher, Rocky Pioggi, Lieb, Margie, Pearl, Hugo Kalmar, Cecil Lewis (The Captain)
genres: 20th Century, American, Theatre, Nobel Prize, Drama, Plays, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction
ratings_count: 9813
places: Greenwich Village, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: -725817600000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt