Word: lost
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...third laments. What kind of house is it? It may not have been a full house but it was certainly an appreciative one attending the opening of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House. For three hours, lunacy reigned withing the austere decor of Dunster dining hall: a long-lost daughter dropped in, a practical businessman dropped out, a host of curious and spurious extramarital relations grew entangled...
...essence of the ancient Captain Shotover who drinks "to keep sober" and displays beneath his pachydermatous appearance a tender heart and all the wisdom of the playwright himself. Although Shotover is the ultimate source of chaos, confusing Mazzini Dunn for Billy Dunn, ignoring the arrival of his long-lost daughter Lady Ariadne Utterword and spewing forth random comments as he wanders aimlessly on and off the stage, the Captain is the only one who remains oblivious to the frenzy of Heartbreak House: "I've stood on the bridge for 18 hours in a typhoon," he declares. "Life here is stormier...
...TURNING Heartbreak House's humor into near-farce, however, the Dunster House production diverts the audience's attention from Shaw's serious political considerations. Nuances are lost, and with them goes much of what distinguishes Heartbreak House as fine drama. Nevertheless, this production remains worthwhile and enjoyable for its humor, characterization and evocation of a social climate not too far removed from...
Harvard was also without the services of starting midfielders Peter Predun, who will be lost for the season with his broken thumb, and Gordie Nelson, who missed the action with bruised ribs but will return for Saturday's pivotal clash with Princeton. Standout defenseman Scott Pink also missed most of the game--he played only in man-down situations--with his pulled hamstring, but he too will be ready for the weekend's festivities in New Jersey...
...father, comes to a strange country house, invited by a woman she doesn't know all that well. The house is bulging with a variety of guests, to who terms like "wacky" and "zany" cannot be too strongly applied. A burglar enters the premises, as does the long-lost daughter of one of the guests. Relationships among the characters are tangled--nobody is quite what he appears to be. Eventually the knots become antangled, in revelations amusing to the audience but painful for the characters-- heartbreaking, in fact...