Rent Heartbreak House (1977)
3.4 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 58min
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- Synopsis:
- Hiding behind a comedy of manners is George Bernard Shaw's state of the nation play - a declining country house as the microcosm for the country (or even the pre-war continent). Retired seafarer, Captain Shotover (John Gielgud), is reluctantly hosting a weekend house party for his two daughters and their bohemian friends. As they indulge in dangerous flirtations, will anyone notice their drift to destruction?
- Actors:
- John Gielgud, Siân Phillips, Barbara Murray, Daniel Massey, Lesley-Anne Down, David Waller, Donald Pickering, Richard Pearson, Barry Jackson, Joyce Grant
- Directors:
- Cedric Messina
- Producers:
- Alan Shallcross
- Writers:
- George Bernard Shaw
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Romance
