Mrs Warren's Profession

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Mrs Warren's Profession is a controversial social problem play by George Bernard Shaw that critiques Victorian attitudes toward prostitution, capitalism, and women's economic dependence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama ⓘ
play ⓘ
social problem play ⓘ
author George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
censorship banned from public performance in Britain for several years ⓘ
censorshipAuthority Lord Chamberlain's Office ⓘ
character Frank Gardner ⓘ
Mrs Kitty Warren ⓘ
Praed ⓘ
Rev Samuel Gardner ⓘ
Sir George Crofts ⓘ
Vivie Warren ⓘ
controversialFor critique of conventional morality ⓘ
frank treatment of prostitution ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes Victorian attitudes toward prostitution ⓘ
capitalist exploitation ⓘ
double standards of sexual morality ⓘ
dateWritten 1893 ⓘ
dramaticForm comedy of ideas ⓘ
didactic drama ⓘ
explores conflict between independence and social convention ⓘ
economic roots of vice ⓘ
relationship between mother and daughter ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1902 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
firstPublicationDate 1898 ⓘ
genre problem play ⓘ
realist drama ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Mrs. Warren's Profession ⓘ
includedIn Plays Unpleasant ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme Victorian morality ⓘ
capitalism ⓘ
prostitution ⓘ
women's economic dependence ⓘ
numberOfActs 4 ⓘ
partOf Shaw's plays on social problems ⓘ
plotSummary A young, educated woman discovers that her comfortable upbringing was financed by her mother's ownership of brothels and must confront the moral and economic implications. ⓘ
protagonist Mrs Kitty Warren ⓘ
Vivie Warren ⓘ
publisher Archibald Constable and Company ⓘ
setting England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Surrey countryside ⓘ
late Victorian era ⓘ
style didactic ⓘ
realist ⓘ

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George Bernard Shaw → notableWork → Mrs Warren's Profession ⓘ
Rebecca Hall → theatreDebut → Mrs Warren's Profession ⓘ
Mrs Warren's Profession → hasAlternativeTitle → Mrs. Warren's Profession ⓘ
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Helen → employedBy → Mrs. Warren ⓘ
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Vivie Warren → appearsInWork → Mrs. Warren’s Profession ⓘ
subject linked to: Vivian Warren
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Beatrice Stella Campbell → notableRole → Mrs. Warren ⓘ
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Mrs Kitty Warren → appearsInWork → Mrs Warren's Profession ⓘ
Mrs Kitty Warren → firstPerformanceInWork → Mrs Warren's Profession, 1902 public performance ⓘ
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Sir George Crofts → appearsIn → Mrs Warren’s Profession ⓘ
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Sir George Crofts → firstAppearance → Mrs Warren’s Profession ⓘ
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Sir George Crofts → workTitle → Mrs Warren’s Profession ⓘ
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Rev Samuel Gardner → appearsInWork → Mrs Warren’s Profession ⓘ
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Rev Samuel Gardner → narrativeFunction → contrasts with Mrs Warren ⓘ
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Rev Samuel Gardner → partOfFictionalUniverse → Mrs Warren’s Profession fictional universe ⓘ
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Praed → appearsIn → Mrs Warren's Profession ⓘ
Praed → partOf → Mrs Warren's social circle ⓘ
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Frank Gardner → appearsIn → Mrs Warren’s Profession ⓘ
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Frank Gardner → firstAppearance → Mrs Warren’s Profession ⓘ
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Vivie Warren → appearsIn → Mrs Warren’s Profession ⓘ
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Vivie Warren → centralThemeIn → Mrs Warren’s Profession ⓘ
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Vivie Warren → drivesPlotOf → Mrs Warren’s Profession ⓘ
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Vivie Warren → firstAppearance → Mrs Warren’s Profession ⓘ
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Vivie Warren → isDaughterOf → Mrs Warren ⓘ
linked to: Mrs Warren's Profession