Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mrs Warren's Profession, written in 1893, was refused a license by the British censor and first performed only at a private club in 1902. Vivie Warren, a brilliant and unsentimental young woman fresh from Cambridge, knows almost nothing about her mother, who has paid for her education from abroad. When Mrs. Warren arrives with her business partner Sir George Crofts, Vivie learns where the money came from and must decide what she owes and to whom. Bernard Shaw puts the blame for prostitution on the society that underpays women rather than on the women themselves. This edition includes his combative preface of 1902, The Author's Apology. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first act is free.
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