Heartbreak House

Heartbreak House

by George Bernard Shaw

Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw is a play that satirizes British society on the eve of World War I. The play follows a group of characters who are invited to a dinner party at Hesione Hushabye's house. The guests include Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé; Lady Ariadne Utterword; Captain Shotover; Hector Hushabye; Boss Mangan; and Randall Utterword. As the dinner party progresses, the characters' relationships and secrets are revealed, and the play builds to a tragic climax.

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George Bernard Shaw

Ireland & England

Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, where he struggled to establish himself as a writer and novelist, and embarked on a rigorous process of self-education. By the mid-1880s he had become a r...

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