ISBN: 9780140437874

Set during a house party at the eccentric household of Captain Shotover and his daughter Hesione, this comedy of manners takes a probing look at the conflict between old-fashioned idealis… More...

Set during a house party at the eccentric household of Captain Shotover and his daughter Hesione, this comedy of manners takes a probing look at the conflict between old-fashioned idealism and the realities of the modern age. Heartbreak House was Shaw's favorite play.Author Bio: George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was one of the most prolific writers of the modern theater. He invented the modern comedy of ideas, expounding on social and political problems with a razor-sharp tongue, yet never sacrificing the comic vitality that ensures regular revivals of his plays. He also wrote several important political works, including The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. Dan H. Lawrence, edited Shaw's Collected Letters, his Collected Plays with their Prefaces, and Shaw's Music and (with Daniel Leary) The Complete Prefaces. He is Series Editor for the works of Shaw in Penguin. David Hare is a playwright and director. His plays include Plenty, The Secret Rapture, and Via Dolorosa. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Theatre & Drama>Drama>Plays, Penguin Publishing Group Core >1<

2001, ISBN: 0140437878

[EAN: 9780140437874], Neubuch, [SC: 1.7], [PU: Penguin Publishing Group Jan 2001], PLAYS / DRAMA; DRAMA EUROPEAN ENGLISH, IRISH, SCOTTISH, WELSH; HISTORY EUROPE WESTERN; MODERN 20TH CENTU… More...

[EAN: 9780140437874], Neubuch, [SC: 1.7], [PU: Penguin Publishing Group Jan 2001], PLAYS / DRAMA; DRAMA EUROPEAN ENGLISH, IRISH, SCOTTISH, WELSH; HISTORY EUROPE WESTERN; MODERN 20TH CENTURY, Neuware - When Ellie Dunn joins a house-party at the home of the eccentric Captain Shotover, she causes a stir with her decision to marry for money rather than love, and the Captain's forthright daughter Hesione protests vigorously against the pragmatic young woman's choice. Opinion on the matter quickly divides and a lively argument about money and morality, idealism and realism ensues as Hesione's rakish husband, snobbish sister and Ellie's fiancé - a wealthy industrialist - enter the debate. Written between 1916 and 1917 as war raged across Europe, Heartbreak House is a telling indictment of the generation responsible for the First World War. With its bold combination of high farce and bitter tragedy, Shaw's play remains an uncannily prophetic depiction of a society on the threshold of an abrupt awakening. 176 pp. Englisch, Books<

ISBN: 9780140437874

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