Hiding behind a comedy of manners is 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, 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?
John Gielgud | Captain Shotover | |
Siân Phillips | Hesione Hushabye | |
Lesley-Anne Down | Ellie Dunn | |
Daniel Massey | Hector Hushabye | |
Barbara Murray | Lady Utterwood | |
Donald Pickering | Randall Utterwood |
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