A review by brechtian
Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw

4.0

Yeah okay it takes a little bit before this play really gets going but once it gets there it does rule. Fascinating examination of the bourgeoise class of wealthy western countries & England in particular and the ways in which they are completely out of touch with reality even amidst horror. Idk I will just forever be thinking about the Ellie line “[The Soul] eats music and pictures and books and mountains and lakes and beautiful things to wear and nice people to be with. In this country you can’t have them without lots of money: that is why our souls are so horribly starved.”