Which American playwright wrote The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey Into Night?
The Iceman Cometh The Iceman Cometh The Iceman Cometh is a play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1939. First published in 1946, the play premiered on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on October 9, 1946, directed by Eddie Dowling, where it ran for 136 performances before closing on March 15, 1947. "The Iceman Cometh" is set in New York in 1912 in Harry Hope's downmarket Greenwich Village saloon and rooming house. The patrons, twelve men and three female prostitutes, are dead-end alcoholics who spend every possible moment seeking oblivion in each other's company and trying to con or wheedle free
The Iceman Cometh each other, and there are many allusions to events in South Africa. Both wish to return to their home countries, but their families do not want them there. Joe is the only African American character, and makes several speeches about racial differences. "The Iceman Cometh" is often compared to Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths", which may have been O'Neill's inspiration for his play. When O'Neill was alive, he delayed its performance on Broadway for seven years, fearing American audiences would reject it. O'Neill was at the height of his fame when he relented in 1946, and the production was a