The Iceman Cometh (1960)

Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope’s 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar’s patrons from their “lying pipe dreams.“ Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Eugene O’Neill (play) This was broadcast in syndication under “The Play of the Week“ series banner. In the New York City TV market, it aired over two nights on WNDT-TV Channel 13 (pre-NET and PBS) on November 14 and 21, 1960. In the Seattle TV market, it premiered on KING-TV Channel 5 on April 15, 1961, over one night (10:35 PM - 2:35 AM). The original Broadway production of “The Iceman Cometh“ by Eugene O’Neill opened at the Martin Beck Theater on October 9, 1946 and ran for 136 performances. The play had revivals in 1973/1974 and 1999.