British Playwright Mike Bartlett's' "Love, Love, Love" Biting Satire of Baby Boomer's Self-Indulgence

British playwright, Mike Bartlett (b 1980) is a brilliant, prolific playwright, "King Charles III" 2015.  He's an interesting playwright with a broad spectrum of subject matter that incorporates clever contrivances to his staging.  "Love, Love, Love" is a lighter farce focusing on a swinging 60''s couple. Both are narcisstis who spout freedom, free love and adventure without concerns for the consequences of their all consuming self-indulgences.  Sandra meets Kenneth in a London flat while on a date with his his older, working class brother.  Kenneth has been freeloading & annoying his older brother Andrew who wants him to leave.  Sandra manages to manipulate Andrew out of his apt. & shamelessly seduces Kenneth.  Both are more suited being cut from the same solipsistic mold.  "Love, Love, Love" is in a triptych format.  It deals with generational divides, sibling rivalry & cavalier concern for others.  The 2nd act is set in an affluent home in 1990.  Kenneth & Sandra are married & parents to two teens.  Time has moved forward but the couple remain annoying, manipulative & self-centered.  Their children become pawns & collateral damage from lack of parental love & support.  The tour de force meltdown by 16 yr old daughter Rose when frustrations boil over is exasperating & exhilarating.  The 3rd act set in 2012 is a cumulnation of the wake of destruction caused by the couple's climbing the ladder of success while simultaenously breaking it.  The son is not a fully functioning member of society.  The distraught, 37 yr old Rose fails miserably to convey to her parents how empty & alone she feels.   This engrossing satire may seem shallow.  But, stop in the name of love to consider the cost of a self-obsessed generation that has razed our planet and empowered a hate monger to flourish.  What the world needs now is love, sweet love.