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Written at the height of the first World War in Europe, an impassioned satire of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century bourgeoisie offers a scathing portrait of a household of independent eccentrics. Reissue.
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Dublin-born George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an active Socialist and a brilliant platform speaker. He was strongly critical of London theatre and closely associated with the intellectual revival of British drama.
Dan H. Laurence has edited Shaw's Collected Letters and Collected Plays with their Prefaces. He was Literary Advisor to the Shaw Estate until his retirement in 1990.
David Hare is an internationally-renowned playwright. Works include Plenty, The Judas Kiss, and The Blue Room.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0451526139
- ISBN 13 9780451526137
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages160
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Book Description paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. 1st edition. New York. 1996. February 1996. Signet/New American Library. 1st Printing of This Signet Classic Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0451526139. Introduction by Daniel J. Leary. 138 pages. paperback. CE2613. Cover: Augustus John-'Portrait of George Bernard Shaw, ca. 1914'. keywords: Signet Classic Paperback Drama Ireland Literature England. FROM THE PUBLISHER - HEARTBREAK HOUSE reveals the great George Bernard Shaw in all his many guises: playwright of ideas, master of comedy, maker of epigrams, teacher, critic, philosopher, poet. A devastating commentary on World War I and a scathing portrait of British upper-class life, the play presents a world of moral and spiritual blight. Influenced by Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Shaw set HEARTBREAK HOUSE in a country manor. Shaw's mansion, however, is shaped like a ship and run by an eccentric eighty-eight-year-old sea captain, Captain Shotover. During one weekend party, this house is filled with a group of relatives and guests who form liaisons and love affairs while commenting nonstop on politics, economics, desire, war, education, religion, and science. With each of the characters assuming allegorical significance, the play details the disintegration of a society from within - its final collapse caused by forces it had previously ignored of denied. A brilliant social satire combining comedy, tragedy, and prophecy, HEARTBREAK HOUSE stands among Shaw's masterpieces and remains an incomparable dramatic classic. inventory #33556. Seller Inventory # z33556
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