Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- First Published: 1898
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1890’s
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Mrs. Warren, Vivie Warren, Sir George Crofts, The Reverend Samuel Gardner, Frank Gardner, Praed
- Genres: Social realism, Domestic realism, Drama, Women’s literature
- Subjects: Values, Sex or sexuality, Nineteenth century, Prostitution or prostitutes, England or English people, Women’s issues
- Locales: England
The Play
Act 1 begins on a summer afternoon in a cottage garden near Haslemere, Surrey, not far from London. Vivie Warren, a middle-class, well-educated young woman, sits on a hammock reading and writing, with a pile of serious-looking books nearby. Praed, a friend of her mother, arrives and tells Vivie that her mother is coming down from London. Vivie hardly knows her mother, who lived abroad while the girl was sent away to school and college in England. Through the ensuing conversation, the audience learns of Vivie’s success in gaining a high mathematics degree at the...
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