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Shaw's Heavy `Heartbreak'; WSG's Dazzling, Deeply Felt Comedy

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19990305
Author:Nelson Pressley

George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House" begins as a play about an impending marriage -- a potential misalliance -- that ought to be prevented. Naturally, for Shaw this is merely the jumping-off point for brilliant discussions about the sexes, class, politics, justice and more weighty matters than any other dramatist has ever been able to stuff into a comedy.

Almost all of Shaw's plays are dazzling intellectual entertainments, but what sets "Heartbreak House" apart is how deeply felt it is. A funny, intelligently performed production like the one now at the Washington Stage Guild will catch ...

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