Eugene O’Neill delayed taking The Iceman Cometh to Broadway for 7
years (fearing that it would be rejected) before finally relenting and opening
the production on 9 Oct. 1946. 22-year-old Marlon Brando was offered the part
of Don Parritt, but turned it down as he thought the play was “ineptly written
and poorly constructed.”
The Broadway production was a success and ran
for 136 performances.
