 The Semi-CircleEnglish Language Theatre in Basel since 1975 |
1976 Production - "Heartbreak House" by G.B. Shaw
A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes
Heartbreak House (G.B. Shaw)
A Rehearsed Playreading, Venue: Schönes Haus, Nadelberg, Basel 3/4 December 1976
Producer: Peter Broberg Makeup: Elisabeth Seiler Stage Manager: Peter Nixon
| Ellie Dunn Diana Zuger Narrator Iris Linsi Nurse Guinness Barbara Häner Captain Shotover Bob Billington Lady Utterword Barbara Clark Mrs Hushabye Muriel Taylor Mazzaini Dunn Bruno Mazzotti Hector Hushabye Bryan Taylor Boss Mangan Tony Obrist Randall Utterword Ron Hill Burglar Ian Holmes
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The action takes place in Heartbreak House, in the hilly country of the middle of
the north edge of Sussex, in a room designed to
recreate the interior of an old-fashioned ship. The captain speaks to
Ellie of his daughters, whom he does not particularly like. Hesione, the
eldest daughter, fears that Ellie is being driven by her father into a
marriage for money with Mr Mangan, even though Ellie is in love with a
mysterious man she met recently and who later turns out to be Hesione’s
husband. Ellie therefore decides to go ahead with the marriage to Mr
Mangan. When Mangan decides to tell Ellie he was the one who ruined her
father and that he is not a rich man, Ellie decides to marry the
captain. The captain predicts shipwreck for England and at that moment
an air raid starts, killing the burglar and Mr Mangan, leaving the
others to wait eagerly for the next bomb.
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