The Iceman Cometh
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The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T440237 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Iceman Cometh Context triple: [Theatre Guild, notableWork, The Iceman Cometh]
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A.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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B.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a landmark American stage play that portrays the tragic downfall of aging salesman Willy Loman while critiquing the promises and failures of the American Dream.
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C.
All My Sons
All My Sons is a critically acclaimed 1947 stage play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of family, guilt, and moral responsibility in post-World War II America.
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D.
The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 pro-labor musical by Marc Blitzstein, famous for its controversial, government-censored premiere and its association with Orson Welles and the American leftist theater movement.
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E.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Iceman Cometh Target entity description: The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
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A.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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B.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a landmark American stage play that portrays the tragic downfall of aging salesman Willy Loman while critiquing the promises and failures of the American Dream.
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C.
All My Sons
All My Sons is a critically acclaimed 1947 stage play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of family, guilt, and moral responsibility in post-World War II America.
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D.
The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 pro-labor musical by Marc Blitzstein, famous for its controversial, government-censored premiere and its association with Orson Welles and the American leftist theater movement.
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E.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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stage work ⓘ |
| author |
Eugene O'Neill
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surface form:
Eugene O’Neill
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| centralTheme |
disillusionment
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self-deception ⓘ the destructive nature of illusions ⓘ |
| characterAlias | Hickey ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticForm | realist drama ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | ensemble piece ⓘ |
| firstProductionCity | New York City ⓘ |
| firstProductionLocation | Martin Beck Theatre ⓘ |
| firstProductionYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Iceman Cometh
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (1960 television film)
The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (1968 television production)
The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (1973 film)
The Iceman Cometh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (1989 film)
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| hasInfluenceOn | postwar American drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Harry Hope
ⓘ
Larry Slade ⓘ Parritt ⓘ Theodore Hickman ⓘ |
| movement |
Realism
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surface form:
American realism
|
| notableProduction |
1946 Broadway premiere directed by Eddie Dowling
ⓘ
1956 Off-Broadway revival at Circle in the Square Theatre ⓘ 1973 Broadway revival starring James Earl Jones ⓘ 1985 Goodman Theatre production directed by Robert Falls ⓘ 1999 Broadway revival starring Kevin Spacey ⓘ 2018 Broadway revival starring Denzel Washington ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Eugene O’Neill’s late plays ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of down-and-out patrons in a saloon are forced to confront their shattered illusions when visited by the salesman Hickey. ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
A Moon for the Misbegotten (stage)
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surface form:
A Moon for the Misbegotten
Long Day’s Journey into Night ⓘ |
| setting |
Harry Hope’s saloon
ⓘ
Lower Manhattan ⓘ |
| subject |
alcoholism
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existential despair ⓘ political disillusionment ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1912 ⓘ |
| writingYear | 1939 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Iceman Cometh Description of subject: The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
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The Iceman Cometh (stage production)
this entity surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (1960 television film)
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The Iceman Cometh (1973 film)
this entity surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (1989 film)
this entity surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (1968 television production)
this entity surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (Broadway revival)
this entity surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (play, 1939 written, 1946 premiered)
this entity surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (1946 Broadway premiere)
this entity surface form:
The Iceman Cometh (stage role)
subject surface form:
Jason Robards