Shaw, Bernard,  1856-1950 <br/><br/>
Heartbreak House 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreak_House  Release date is 2002-11-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Eve Sobol, and David Widger  Produced by Eve Sobol, and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "Heartbreak House" by Bernard Shaw is a play written during the First World War and published in 1919. Set in a ship-shaped house, the work brings together an eccentric inventor, his self-absorbed daughters, and their guests for a disastrous dinner party. As romantic entanglements collide with political irresponsibility, Shaw depicts a society adrift—cultured yet rudderless, detached from reality as war literally drops from the sky. This darkly comic fantasia reflects Shaw's disillusionment with Britain, contrasting elegant indifference against aggressive philistinism in a nation heading toward catastrophe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama Upper class -- England -- Drama England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR