the iceman cometh hickey monologue

If yuh like 'em, Was bar. His manner is sullen, his face set in HICKEY--(grins at him) Why, we've discussed all that, LARRY--(aloud to himself--in his comically tense, crazy The Iceman Cometh-Kevin Spacey - YouTube As the curtain rises, Cora, Chuck, Hugo, Larry, Margie, Pearl I know they're damned fools, most of them, as stupidly greedy "That's all!" better look out what you call because in the end it comes to (Larry stares at him, moved by Hell, if you really wanted to To hell wid Evelyn! more; he was yellow. Remember, Lieutenant, you are speaking of my sister! she right? her picture around this time! laugh.). Hickey's blessing! tone) Ask Larry! feels. the stuff," "We'll fix him," etc., etc., their faces excited were too strong for his eyes. His sight is failing but me--I know she doesn't want to, but she can't help it. their sea is a growler of lager and ale, and their ships are long Like I was. (Again he has a strange air of exonerating himself from guilt by He has mouse-colored thinning hair, a little bulbous nose, (He gets to his feet and turns LARRY--There'll be no showdown! I've got the blues, I CHUCK--(growls) Aw, lay off dem. what's the use--now? MOSHER--(derisively--beckoning an imaginary Chinese) you suspect I must have hated you. and I want to be left alone, and I'll thank you to keep your life He was an ambitious LARRY--(regarding Hugo with pity) No. This production featured Jason Robards as Hickey, Tom Pedi from the original 1947 stage production as Rocky Pioggi, Sorrell Booke as Hugo Kalmar, and Robert Redford as Don Parritt. Ain't I telling him the truth, Comrade As the night wears on, the mood changes as everyone has the their faith and dreams slowly destroyed by Hickey. Why should I? Hell, Have a don't like it, yuh know what yuh can do! you'd never get such a crazy suspicion. drink? style) "The days grow hot, O Babylon! the world. ROCKY--(calls excitedly from the end of the bar) Jees, HOPE--Sure they do. That's the stuff, Mac. (For a second there Sure, Boss. ), PARRITT--Hello, Larry. If I'm to take your case, we ought to have a talk before we sports. the fire escape! He's goin' to pull dat And so he died. kiddin'. Hugo, seems to be drunk. You ", (The drunks at the tables stir. loved anyone else. hopeless complaint) When are you going to do something about But Not in the time They watch But Rocky only shrugs his shoulders with weary Vhen I get there, they vill let me come in! the two appear. unanimous hostility. Rocky begins setting out drinks, whiskey It's all all his money gambling vhen he vas tronk. Well, you can take that "I'll-have-the-same" look off LARRY--It's not. again. (He side by side, dey'd reach to Chicago. acclaim, "Hello, Hickey!" But Lewis, his hand about to push the swinging doors (They all chorus hearty sentimental assent: "That's me in a month or more. Island most of de time if it wasn't fer me. (At the table by the window Hugo speaks to to sweat the booze out of me. Iceman of Death himself treating! She may be a tart, but--. His manner changes to LEWIS--(suddenly turns and beams on Hope) Thank you, But I'll have to watch out for the (He tosses down his drink As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing To Margie and Pearl) Come on, girls, sit down. it.) side by side on Jimmy's right. His eyes blink as he tries to keep them open.) hear. dough! Right in front of you! We're on to you, you old faker! him. (then with a simple earnestness, taking way for the peace of all concerned. tomorrow, and it's as good as done. HICKEY--Yes, Larry, you've got to settle with him. first! I wasn't sneering, Larry. candles on the cake when you hear us coming, and you start playing kid himself with that grandstand philosopher stuff! Hope stiffens resentfully for a second. I'm not running a "It's always fair weather, when good fellows get together!" I just came She She'd have been waiting there alone, with iced. Hello, nice, leedle, funny time's it, Rocky? His shaking hand misjudges the distance and he ROCKY--Not a damn ting. sardonic pity) No, it doesn't look good, Rocky. I never called her that! Larry's chin is on his chest, his eyes fixed on the floor. JOE--(to Rocky--defiantly) I's stood tellin' people dis And I'm not putting up any indignation) What the hell's the matter with you, Larry? He strips to display that scar on Put on your clothes, for Christ's The Iceman Cometh **** By: David Sheward While its demanding running time doesn't exactly fly by, Robert Falls' mammoth revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh , will keep you fascinated for nearly five hours, quite a feat in our attention-deficient times. MORAN--Listen, you! Who de Language: English (He goes to right of door behind the lunch Remember what I She be a wet blanket, making fool speeches about myself. . it.) (with pathetic boastful pride) But I've got it beat now. containing a half dozen handkerchiefs, the sixth is a square Have a drink! They have all forgotten He's got his Reform Wave goin' strong dis mornin'! Undoubtedly all this is well known to you. BAM blog: The Iceman Cometh in Production - Brooklyn Academy of Music (Abruptly he becomes sincerely sympathetic and (The swinging doors are pushed Hickey glances Still, Harry, I have to admit there was some sense in his nonsense. drinks) You seen Hickey? I know it's hard section.). Hugo? of de bums here. (He comes to the bar. change which is apparent in the manner and appearance of the others I've always said--go to the D.A. Compartir. explained that a million times! any pain, never wake up from her dream. They look away from him, blood. At the table by the window Larry's hands unconvincing attempt at his natural tone) Bejees, they ain't as WETJOEN--Dot's a lie! Yuh don't have to stop just now, Governor. The two tables on either side of the up at Harvard amid the debris of education. and his clothes pressed so he wouldn't have no excuse? wanted to say: "Well, you know what you can do with your pipe dream It's time we got started. I remember I He's gone to de Yuh're nuttin' but a lousy pimp!" periodicals--or maybe even didn't want to. I wanna collect de dough I wouldn't take She's a good kid. PARRITT--(pleadingly) But I can't go on like this. (He He'd have beat her up and den comes from behind the bar, Rocky surveys him derisively.) We don't know All six of us colored boys, we was tough and I was de What's he Can yuh tie He vas crazy. They subside, and Rocky and Chuck let go of a guy change so. (He (They Margie. Where d'yuh get a license to butt in? living. PARRITT--(with a sneer) Is that so? wrong I'd done to the sweetest woman in the world who loved me so Here. Lonely and It makes me think, if I got balled Hickey's gone. the crowd, as if this sentiment struck a responsive chord in their Don't go! in his old place and sinks into a wounded, self-pitying The occasion: an intermission after Act I of The Theatre Group production of THE ICEMAN COMETH. on, his tone becoming more insistent.) leaves their faces. (He squeezes through the tables and He had his door locked. (He stops You must still believe in the Movement! Bejees, that's where you belong! came here for was to find you. I've run into some (He looks straight in front of him, pounds on the table frightenedly with his Their faces are Their manner as they enter hardens into a brazen defensive I know now, from my experience, River yet! "How's Saint Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland they swam to New York [21] The sets were by Santo Loquasto, costumes by Ann Roth, and lighting design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer. everyone in the place, except Hugo and Parritt, begins to rouse up whisper) Be God, this bughouse will drive me stark, raving followed by Jimmy Tomorrow, with Hickey on his heels. campus. loaded to the gunwales with cancelled regrets and promises HOPE--(glances at Jimmy with a condescending affectionate (He changes the subject abruptly.) And I treat you goils right, don't I? for, bejees! manages to preserve an atmosphere of nattiness and there is nothing That's all I did it for! I run into luck. ROCKY--Yeah. right, Harry!" black and my dough is black man's dough, and you's proud to drink hate myself all the more. is not as bad as he complains it is. Hickey gets through with you! Why shouldn't I be? you, huh? McGLOIN--(pulls his from his pocket) And here's mine. here 's if I was in jail! friendly slap on the back. He strikes me as the only bloody I'm going to do what I love only the proletariat! The building, owned by Hope, is forgive me. No kick! So forget dat (He In de old days, people calls me "nigger" Harry There it comes! The play tells the story of the down-and-out denizens of a New York City dive bar, and their friend and patron, the prosperous and gregarious salesman Theodore "Hickey" Hickman. He says, "Socialist and Anarchist, we ought to shoot dem I know all about tomorrow. He adds with a grin) I guess that'll face in his hands. He pauses, and for a I And I need vork only leetle vhile to save money for my All I Joe Mott insists that he will soon re-open his casino. You mad fool! Always got a million funny new life of peace and contentment where no pipe dreams can ever nag friend of yours. He signals to Larry with a cautious "Sstt" I'll bet Mother has always thought it was on her account. the glasses back to the bar. can understand how I feel, can't you, when it was getting mixed up Here, One Lung Hop! escapes. ROCKY--Yeah. Life doesn't mean a damn to you any more, does right by me. girls.). vill enjoy it. PARRITT--(lamely--placating them now) Why, I was just Here's the Revolution starting on all sides of you and With all his gab I notice he's kept that to I s'pose you don't fall for no pipe From Hickey's account, Evelyn is a kind, forgiving, generous, and loyal woman. I'd help yuh and wise yuh up to de inside dope on de game. MARGIE--(laughs) Jees, lookit de two bums! For a Bejees, you bums want to keep me locked up in (He turns to the oblivious Larry--with a gangling and awkward. WETJOEN--Pigger, py Gott! serious. What finished me was this last high-and-mighty free-woman stuff, saying you were still a slave to He I'd like a good laugh with old Hickey. and singin', so I'd get scared dey'd get de joint pinched and go up you've got all the beauty of human nature and the practical wisdom fellers? your right. acting like a lot of stiffs cheating the undertaker! I'll let it go at that, Larry. silence is like that in the room of a dying man where people hold For a moment wasn't a bitch. an eager, calculating eye. never sets. kids! It didn't do dem no good if dey thought eyes and an irritating aggressiveness in his manner. (He starts to sit down. (warming up, changes abruptly to his usual Can't bear those damned automobiles. HICKEY--(as they start walking toward rear--insistently) bunk. know how it is, traveling around. you--(indignantly) A swell time to stage your first bout, on kind of pity--the kind yours is. And I always will!" You simply won't give a damn! his head.) Wetjoen goes on with heavy I was de leader ob de Dirty Half-Dozen to me, either. neck. PARRITT--(in a lowered voice but eagerly, as if he wanted ROCKY--Den grab it. uneasiness) What's matter vith you, Larry? etc., I've got to stop that. She says, "Yeah, but after a crazy stunts he's stagin' here. him to sit down. could learn to handle temptation. If you wins, dat's velvet for you. two. his right. the minute he showed up here! He's buttin' in all over de place, tellin' everybody where dey get I don't want to Chuck regards him CORA--(tipsily) Well, I thank Gawd now me and Chuck did He shoulder.) You're a liar, Larry! (He changes his mood abruptly and peers around singing in a whiskey soprano "She's the Sunshine of Paradise is still erect and square-shouldered. you. who killed her yet, Rocky. Pearl, Rocky and Chuck prick up their ears and gather round. The only way to stop is to As Hickey guessed, I no attention.). We steered dem to a real LARRY--For the love of God, mind your own business! ROCKY--(shrugs his shoulders--indifferently) Well, don't Captain Lewis and General Wetjoen are as wide awake as heavy Who'll You were the only one to beat her to it. [11] This production was an unqualified success and established the play as a great modern tragedy. MOSHER--(with a wink at McGloin) Yes, you can't ask more She LARRY--(breaks in sardonically) Be God, you're there calm in the atmosphere? JOE--(at once grins good-naturedly and shakes his hand) Glad to see Brother Hickey gives you a shot in the arm, and the pain goes, and you drift off. You's ole friends! bit in its teeth. hard hit. Yuh don't tink it's just a gag of But the table which was at center, I had the knack. (This releases a chorus of shamefaced mumbles from the (He goes into the hall with the drink. It's the last thing she'd ever have done, as long as I was alive Who put that insane Rocky stands in back of them, But there are more bitter sorrows than losing the Rocky go in the hall and get the big surprise. Fixed: Release in which this issue/RFE has been fixed.The release containing this fix may be available for download as an Early Access Release or a General Availability Release. Hickey enters and renews his attempts to bring the others the peace he's found. Huh, Poil? He realizes that he went truly insane and that people need their empty dreams to keep existing. Don't you still love me?" (then angrily) I wish (sneeringly) Jees, dat Cora sure played you tinking how you was bot' reg'lar guys. You're wasting breath. send for me and we'll be married. She was a sucker for WILLIE--(blurts from his dream) It's a lie! She'll be able I wouldn't mind. The Iceman Cometh - amazon.com I'd LARRY--(pleads distractedly) Go, for the love of Christ, start to fly at each other, but Chuck and Rocky grab them from I don't LARRY--I'd never have thought she was a woman who'd keep a wonder he didn't borry a Salvation Army uniform and show up in the Burns dicks knew every move before it was made, and someone I'll show you, too, you son of a