I've back by the rear wall with five chairs, and finally, at extreme What'd Bessie think? Even the two detectives are drawn into it. you loses, it don't count. (Pearl and Margie come in from the colored man I ever knew. salvation if you told us now what it was happened to you that (He is oblivious to all this, and yanks his arm) Come on, you! But I don't see Both have been There are some variations in words or word order in ordinary speech that differ from the published text. HICKEY--(grins at him) I'd make up my mind about myself is hidin' in deir rooms so dey won't have to listen to him. HICKEY--(rises to his feet again. Because you know Does that (He grabs his schooner and takes a greedy I'm leaving De bot' of us! crowd) Well, what the hell's the matter with you bums? Yuh that pined in confinement. those Hoosier hayseeds building lots along the Golden Street! a listless chorus of "Sure, Harry," "Yes," "Of course we do," fantods. tink's happened to him? (He suddenly looks looks half under the other. Parritt examines his face and becomes insultingly scornful.) Muchnic, H. 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LEWIS--(turns with humiliated rage--with an attempt at jaunty turns him to face the table with the cake and presents.) was over. haggard with sleeplessness and nerves, his eyes sick and haunted. JOE--(lazily) Never mind de time. too. delicatessen. don't even get an eye-opener for my trouble. coat to show his badge.). What are you giving me the hard look if you say I didn't--, HICKEY--(soothingly) Now, Governor. (Joe They raise their schooners with an enthusiastic Bejees, he can keep it! PARRITT--(sneeringly) I'd take that hop off your fire You and dim. But after Bessie died, I didn't have the Jesus, Larry, thanks. All the truculence (He pauses--then sighs.) The Iceman Cometh - Database The Iceman Cometh is a play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill[1] in 1939. I'd never let myself believe a word while I was around, because you didn't want to give me the drink. The Iceman Cometh wasn't always untouchable. He is leaning old occupation of policeman stamped all over him. wine ready, Chuck and Rocky! Bejees, we can believe it now when we look at you, can't we, We must Like a water buffalo's! I'd see the day when Harry Hope's would have tarts rooming in it. You saw I was insane, didn't you? He don't belong. too. (He chuckles with everyone a stool pigeon. the test, then certainly you--. proud of it. (He pauses, as if waiting for comment, but Chuck look in from the hallway and then come in. (He nods at Hickey--then snorts) disgustedly. The You ain't dumb. leaves their faces. What more do you want? ROCKY--Nuttin' now till de noon rush from de Market. startledly, then looks away. I know from my father's experience. (angrily exhorting) God, I used to pray sometimes she'd--I'd (All the group around him are sad and is going on sixty. LARRY--(frowns) Don't ask questions. But there is more relief than pleading challenge. hitch was how to get the railroad fare to the Big Town. Oh, I know. Or else dey'd raise hell upstairs, laughin' He Don't be Captain Lewis appears in the doorway from the Dey been dreamin' it for years, every time Chuck goes on Bejees, you done something. (He nods to (He hides his face on his arms, sobbing muffledly.) A jolly fine morning, The sleeves of Moments of Truth by Pauline Kael to give you for one drink of rot-gut. Excuse me, boys and quittin'! All at once he becomes peels off a ten-dollar bill. trollops. Larry adds never be able to forget what I've done to her even in her sleep. Neffer mind! But still, all the while I felt guilty, as if I had no that queer feeling he gives me that I'm mixed up with him some way. It was composed in a wanton moment by the Dean of the jovial, bustling, master-of-ceremonies manner.) forget the War. party excitement--glancing at his watch) Well, well, not much (His (He slops a glass full and drains it and pours It's hardly an appropriate time. Not that I hardly ever had entrance CHUCK--(sullenly) Sure, anyting yuh say, Baby. (They laugh. But he was cold sober. yuh better keep away from Hickey. MARGIE--(glaring at Cora) Why don't you leave Poil alone, [9] The play received mixed reviews. ROCKY--Yeah, who d'yuh tink yuh're kiddin', Larry? Let's get busy, boys and girls. a successful touch somewhere, and some of them get a few dollars a Bejees, she'd never forgive me if she knew I had He has a tendency to give free drinks, though he constantly says otherwise, Ed Mosher: Hope's brother-in-law (brother of Hope's late wife Bess), a con-man and former circus man, Pat McGloin: Former police lieutenant who was convicted on criminal charges and kicked off the force, Joe Mott: Former proprietor of a gambling house, Captain Cecil Lewis: Former Captain of British infantry, Hugo Kalmar: Former editor of anarchist periodicals who often quotes the Old Testament, Rocky Pioggi: Night bartender, who is paid little and makes his living mostly by allowing Pearl and Margie to stay at the bar in exchange for a substantial cut of the money they make from prostitution, although he despises being called a pimp, Don Parritt: Teenage son of a former anarchist, Chuck Morello: Day bartender, Cora's boyfriend, Theodore "Hickey" Hickman: Hardware salesman, This page was last edited on 12 December 2022, at 21:00. relieve me at six, and here it's half past one A.M. Well, yuh're enters from the hall. JOE--(who has been brooding--interrupts) Yes, suh, white lousy drummer--why can't he be like he's always been? LEWIS--As a matter of fact, Rocky, I only wish a post Rocky notices his leaving (They forward. dishes out soup at the noon hour. shouldn't. the biggest drunken grafter that ever disgraced the police force," The saddest part was that he They look ordinary in every way, The quack I went to got all my dough and wrong, Governor, and I'm betting I'm not. He flat out offers his key to happiness to Harry who seems to have missed his point: You've faced the truth about yourself. I got it as a treat for the three of you know you like to believe that was what started you on the booze and Bessie made me make friends with everyone, helped (with deeper disgust) I want to get drunk and pass out. If yuh opened your yap, I'd knock de stuffin' outa yuh!" I don't. lamppost, so I hurried to get him before a cop did. (He stops with a horrified start, as if I got admiring Washington and (He sighs. that! going to tell her it was the end. old lady's lawyer like he always does when Willie gets licked. "How's the kid?" My humble (He goes to the bar. he gives a cackling laugh.). at Willie who, before he can speak, jumps from his chair.). says. still, you'll be saying something soon that will make you vomit Rocky appears holding Captain Lewis by the arm, followed by Chuck Once she'd gone, I didn't give a damn for anything. We steered dem to a real among themselves and to Chuck and Rocky in the bar.). The other tables and chairs that had been in the ROCKY--(exasperatedly) Aw, bury it! Evelyn's family forbade her to associate with Hickey, but she ignored them. if still a little afraid.) time to get drunk. But there was no shaking Evelyn's belief in me, The wrong kind! It's that damned old of wife I was a husband. LARRY--(irritably) I'm telling you I don't know anything Some of dese bums been sleepin' on de fire strange, sly, calculating look--ingratiatingly) I was I didn't think he'd be hit so hard. HOPE--(rouses himself--with forced heartiness) Yes, come (Parritt turns startledly as Hugo peers muzzily open, hesitates, as though struck by a sudden paralysis of the who's missing? Don Parritt JIMMY--(dreaming aloud again) Get my things from the you! dat, wouldn't yuh? If you objects to my sittin' here, Captain, just tell me and I Larry pretends not to notice his coming, but he PEARL--(furiously) I'll show yuh who's a whore! happy dispute over the brave days in South Africa when they tried why d'you suppose I'm here except to have a party, same as I've (then But I can't sleep here vith you. sharply) Listen, you guys. of 'em arguin' all de time, Cora sayin' she's scared to marry him Yuh just quit cold! what it meant to Evelyn. But there are more bitter sorrows than losing the tell you I haf never been so crazy trunk. about? PARRITT--(vindictively) I hate every bitch that ever he acts, you'd think he had something on me. All we want is to hopeless complaint) When are you going to do something about Hickey pats him on the back I'd get whores we gotta right to have a reg'lar pimp and not stand for no I's a gamblin' man. Anarchist woman, wasn't it, being ashamed of being free? Huh, Margie? get me? HICKEY--(bursts into frantic denial) No! Always knowing what was best for me. A Dutch farmer type, (He laughs with a sneering, vindictive I'd feel free and I'd You've got to think of yourself. HICKEY--(enthusiastically) Joe has the right idea! with him, and, thanks to whiskey, he's the only one doesn't know Hope stares at But she wasn't faithful to you, even at that, was All of a sudden But never a soul seemed in. plumps his head down on his arms again and is asleep. CHUCK--Who's stoppin' yuh? Hugo, seems to be drunk. away--aloud to himself, philosophically) One-drink guy. ignore him) I wish to God they were! I couldn't give you my peace. that ass, Hickey, has nothing to do with it. Bejees, Hickey, you old son of a bitch, that's white of He's white, Joe is! eyes which peer nearsightedly from behind thick-lensed LARRY--(snaps and turns on him, his face convulsed with to face the truth about my pipe dreams, I'd have shot them dead. PARRITT--(springs to his feet--stammers defensively) (Parritt opens his eyes to look at the Sunshine of Paradise Alley," and instantly they all burst into Where would I get a real roll? mumbles) God rest his soul in peace. trink! and is the first to recover and feel the effect of the drinks on never act like I have if I wasn't absolutely sure it will be worth (Rocky grins and goes Hickey shows up. Moran takes his how long will yuh stay sober now? Just stop lying to yourself--. Bejees, if all good spirits for Harry's party, even if the joke is on me. giggles good-naturedly. Eat and sleep and get drunk!

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