Iceman Cometh, The

Iceman Cometh, The

portrayal of Harry Hope’s rundown saloon which harbors alcoholics. [Am. Lit.: The Iceman Cometh]
See: Alcoholism

Iceman Cometh, The

“The lie of the pipe dream is what gives life.” [Am. Lit.: The Iceman Cometh]
See: Hope
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Iceman Cometh, The Tragedy in four acts by EUGENE O'NEILL, written in 1939 and produced and published in 1946.
Iceman Cometh, The
Iceman Cometh, The (1946), the most complex and perhaps the finest of the O'Neill tragedies, followed.
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