Mrs. Warren’s Profession | Critical Overview
Shaw completed Mrs. Warren’s Profession in 1893, but Lord Chamberlain, the Censor of Plays, would not license it, due to its subject matter. When it was finally produced in 1902, the Victorian public was shocked, at least those who understood what Mrs. Warren’s profession actually was. Censors would not allow him to include the word prostitution in the production.
Audiences in New York, where the members of the cast were arrested, were just as outraged by the play’s content. George E. Wellwarth notes in his article on the play that early reviewers overwhelming...
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