Mrs Kitty Warren

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Mrs Kitty Warren is the shrewd, pragmatic former prostitute turned brothel-owner at the center of George Bernard Shaw’s play, whose secretive past and financial success clash with her daughter’s moral ideals.

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Mrs Kitty Warren canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
appearsInGenre problem play ⓘ
social drama ⓘ
appearsInWork Mrs Warren's Profession ⓘ
associatedWithTheme Victorian morality ⓘ
capitalism and exploitation ⓘ
gender and economic survival ⓘ
mother–daughter relationships ⓘ
backstory invested earnings in a chain of brothels ⓘ
rose from poverty through prostitution ⓘ
centralConflictWith Vivie Warren ⓘ
concealsFrom Vivie Warren ⓘ
concealsInformation true source of her income ⓘ
conflictTheme clash between economic pragmatism and moral ideals ⓘ
createdBy George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
createdInYear 1893 ⓘ
criticizes limited respectable employment options for women ⓘ
defends prostitution as an economic necessity ⓘ
dramaticFunction embodies the social causes of prostitution rather than individual vice ⓘ
firstPerformanceInWork Mrs Warren's Profession, 1902 public performance ⓘ
hasChild Vivie Warren ⓘ
hasGender female ⓘ
hasGivenName Kitty ⓘ
hasMaritalStatus unmarried ⓘ
hasNationality British ⓘ
hasOccupation brothel owner ⓘ
former prostitute ⓘ
hasRelationship business partner of Sir George Crofts ⓘ
hasSocialClassBackground working class ⓘ
hasSurname Warren ⓘ
hasTrait materialistic ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ
protective mother ⓘ
secretive ⓘ
shrewd ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
moralViewpoint prioritizes economic realities over abstract morality ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to escape poverty ⓘ
financial security ⓘ
portrayedAs successful businesswoman in an immoral trade ⓘ
residesIn England ⓘ
setInContext late 19th-century English society ⓘ
stageMedium drama ⓘ
symbolizes economic exploitation of women ⓘ
social hypocrisy about prostitution ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mrs Warren's Profession → protagonist → Mrs Kitty Warren ⓘ
Mrs Warren's Profession → character → Mrs Kitty Warren ⓘ
Sir George Crofts → hasRelationshipWith → Mrs Kitty Warren ⓘ