Mrs. Warren's Profession

For the 1960 German film adaptation, see Mrs. Warren's Profession (film).

Mrs Warren's Profession
A 1918 production directed by and starring Mary Shaw (pictured in the two lower frames).
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Date premieredStage Society, 5 January 1902 (private)
Place premieredNew Lyric Club
Original languageEnglish
SubjectThe madam of a string of brothels justifies her career to her daughter
GenreProblem play
SettingA cottage at Haslemere, Surrey
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George Bernard Shaw's play Mrs Warren's Profession was first performed in London in 1902. Written in 1893, it was included in Shaw's 1898 collection Plays Unpleasant, alongside The Philanderer and Widowers' Houses. The story concerns a former prostitute, now a madam (brothel proprietor), who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter. It is a problem play, offering social commentary to argue that prostitution was not caused by moral failure but by economic necessity. Shaw borrowed several elements from his own 1882 novel Cashel Byron's Profession, about a man who becomes a boxer due to limited employment opportunities.

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