Jose Quintero's staging of this play for Circle in the Square in 1956 revived its author's reputation.
Jose Quintero's staging of this play for Circle in the Square in 1956 revived its author's reputation. Its first act ends with laughter at a story about a doctor who died of overwork selling snake oil, which fades away into silent resentment when a sleeping man wakes up and says "don't let me bet a wet blanket--all I want is to see you happy." In its third act, Cora leaves to marry Chuck Morello, and Willie Oban gets his good clothes back from Solly's and resolves to see the District Attorney. Its final act is dominated by a long monologue in which a character describes his guilt over being constantly forgiven for cheating on his wife Evelyn, causing him to kill her. At the end of this play, Don Parritt confesses that he turned his mother in to the police out of hatred, and commits suicide on the urging of Larry Slade. It focuses on a traveling salesman who destroys the spirit of the other characters by convincing them to give up their "pipe dreams." For 10 points, name this late play by Eugene O'Neill in which Hickey brings death instead of peace to Harry Hope's bar.
Jose Quintero's staging of this play for Circle in the Square in 1956 revived its author's reputation.
The Iceman Cometh