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Mrs. Warren's Profession
George Bernard Shaw
Book Overview:
The story centers on the relationship between Mrs Kitty Warren, a rich woman, described by the author as "on the whole, a genial and fairly presentable old blackguard of a woman" and her daughter, Vivie. Mrs Warren is a middle-aged woman whose Cambridge-educated daughter, Vivie, is horrified to discover the morally questionable way her mother acquired her fortune.
The story centers on the relationship between Mrs Kitty Warren, a rich woman, described by the author as "on the whole, a genial and fairly presentable old blackguard of a woman" and her daughter, Vivie. Mrs Warren is a middle-aged woman whose Cambridge-educated daughter, Vivie, is horrified to discover the morally questionable way her mother acquired her fortune.
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Community Reviews
Of the Shaw I read in my short stint as a dramaturg, this was my favorite. It bears all his hallmarks: feisty women choosing between an artist and a businessman, a basic farcical British romance plot, a hypocritical priest, lots of quipping about philosophy, and attempts to make the characters vivid
1893 Shaw play about how economic systems create prostitution. The play was banned for several years and Shaw with a wink published it in a collection of his "unpleasant" plays that point to Victorian hypocrisy. Vivie Warren has been given every economic advantage by her mother, Kitty. She gets an a
4 stars
A funny readable play with hard truths and biting critiques. Absolutely radical. I loved it, and I’m dying to read more Shaw after this one.
The Oldest Profession
26 January 2018 – Kuala Lumpar
Fortunately I have discovered that there are a couple of versions of this play on Youtube, one of them having been viewed over twenty-five thousand times (I believe that it is a performance), so when I have a bit more time, since I am currently ou
Mrs. Warren’s Profession (1883) was first collected in Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, where Shaw classifies it as one of his “unpleasant” plays. And, boy, is Shaw ever right.
Partly, this is because of the theme of the play: women are drawn into prostitution because of economic necessity, not because