One character in this play often declaims "the days grow hot, O Babylon! ‘
One character in this play often declaims "the days grow hot, O Babylon! ‘Tis cool beneath thy willow trees!", and is still an anarchist, unlike a more cynical character who compares a celebration in the second act to a "second feast of Belshazzar". That character, known as "Old Cemetery," is Larry Slade, who becomes the title character's only "convert to death" after ordering Don Parritt to commit suicide by jumping off a fire escape in the final act. Set in Harry Hope's bar, the main action of the play begins when a traveling salesman arrives and tries to convince the other characters to discard their pipe dreams. Ending with Hickey's revelation that he murdered his wife Evelyn out of hate, FTP, identify this 1940 play by Eugene O'Neill.
One character in this play often declaims "the days grow hot, O Babylon! ‘
The {Iceman Cometh}