Though the climactic event of this play is typically interpreted as an air raid, the text only describes the sound of explosions and does not mention their source. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this play in which Mrs. Hushabye compares the explosions rocking Captain Shotover’s house to the music of Beethoven.
ANSWER: Heartbreak House [or Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes]
[10h] George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House ends with the sound of one of these objects. The final stage direction notes that “Randall at last succeeds in keeping the home fires burning” with one of these objects.
ANSWER: flutes [prompt on musical instruments or woodwind instruments]
[10e] The distant sounds in Heartbreak House are often compared to the mysterious sound of a string breaking that is heard twice in this play, including just before the sound of axes cutting down the title trees at the end.
ANSWER: The Cherry Orchard [or Vishnyovyi sad] (by Anton Chekhov)
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