Heartbreak House

Written by George Bernard Shaw

Narrated by LibriVox Community

On the eve of World War I, Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé are invited to one of Hesione Hushabye’s infamous dinner parties. Unfortunately, her fiancé is a scoundrel, her father’s a bumbling prig, and she’s actually in love with Hector, Hesione’s husband. This bold mix of farce and tragedy lampoons British society as it blithely sinks towards disaster. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Cast
Nurse Guinness: Bev J. Stevens
Ellie Dunn: Arielle Lipshaw
Captain Shotover: Bruce Pirie
Lady Ariadne Utterword: Caprisha Page
Hesione Hushabye: Elizabeth Klett
Mazzini Dunn: Leonard Wilson
Hector Hushabye: Bob Neufeld
Boss Mangan: Delmar H. Dolbier
Randall Utterword: mb
The Burglar: Todd
Narrator: Elizabeth Klett

Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born into a lower-class family in Dublin, Ireland. During his childhood, he developed a love for the arts, especially music and literature. As a young man, he moved to London and found occasional work as a ghostwriter and pianist. Yet, his early literary career was littered with constant rejection. It wasn’t until 1885 that he’d find steady work as a journalist. He continued writing plays and had his first commercial success with Arms and the Man in 1894. This opened the door for other notable works like The Doctor's Dilemma and Caesar and Cleopatra.