Eugene O'Neill's darkest and most nihilistic play, with a foreword by Harold Bloom "We live and die, in the spirit, in solitude, and the true strength of Iceman is its intense dramatic exemplification of that somber reality. . . . Life, in Iceman, is...
This critical edition of Eugene O'Neill's most complex and difficult play aims to help students and theatrical artists meet the play's demanding cultural literacy. The edition includes historical and critical perspectives, extensive notes on the language, musical, and literary...
"Spellbinding--soaring theater--. For reasons that remain mysterious, it seems especially moving today."-- The New York Times Eugene O'Neill mined the tragedies of his own life for this depiction of a seedy, skid row saloon in 1912, peopled by society's failures: worn-out anarchists,...