Called a "fantasia in the Russian manner on English themes," for 10 points, name this play that centers on the dual of Horseback Hall; a George Bernard Shaw play about some boarders.
One character in this play vows to "discover a ray mightier than any X-ray, a mind ray that will explode the ammunition in the belt of" his adversary, when his daughter suggests inventing a harpoon canon to destroy the population of Europe. Although the numbskull Hastings never appears on stage, his brother Randall arrives to keep an eye on his wife. However, Randall does little but play the flute while Addy flirts with the good-for-nothing Hector, whom Ellie Dunn believes is Marcus Darnley. The 7th degree of concentration of Captain Shotover turns out to be rum, which leads to everyone sitting around waiting to be annihilated during a bomb raid. Called a "fantasia in the Russian manner on English themes," for 10 points, name this play that centers on the dual of Horseback Hall; a George Bernard Shaw play about some boarders.
One character in this play vows to "discover a ray mightier than any X-ray, a mind ray that will explode the ammunition in the belt of" his adversary, when his daughter suggests inventing a harpoon canon to destroy the population of Europe.
{Heartbreak House}