Neighborhood restaurateurs grumbled at the rush of unwanted customers, all of them in a hurry. The customers, who were theatergoers in search of a quick dinner between the acts of The Iceman Cometh, grumbled too. Result: prospects of a long run for The Iceman grew grey. Last week the Theatre Guild and Playwright Eugene O'Neill decided that henceforth The Iceman would start at 7:30 p.m., instead of 5:30; there would be no dinner intermission.
Said O'Neill, who would cut an intermission rather than a sentence: "The play remains exactly the same as on opening night. Not a single [deletion] has been made."...
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