Definitions for "House of Cards"
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"
an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"
House of Cards was a political thriller novel written by Michael Dobbs, a former Chief of Staff at Conservative Party headquarters, which was set at the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as British Prime Minister. In 1990, it was televised in a critically and popularly acclaimed television drama serial by the BBC, for which it is probably better known. The story was adapted by Andrew Davies.
the name of Henry's play that was performed by Charlotte and Max (Sarah Woodward and Nigel Lindsay). Scene 1