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Dull 'Heartbreak' houses Shaw's steel; Battis, Anderson still stand out.(SHOW)(THEATER)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20031121
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Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The overall experience of Round House Theatre's production of George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House" is like watching very expensive paint dry.

Although endowed with an enviable cast, a poshly baronial set by James Kronzer, and the whip-smart Nick Olcott as director, "Heartbreak House" does not exactly throw out the welcome mat.

Mr. Shaw's play, written in 1920, is both a harsh indictment of the elite generation prior to World War I and an antiwar play in which the word "war" is never uttered. Instead, the play is one ...

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