Back Živnost paní Warrenové Czech Frau Warrens Beruf German Το επάγγελμα της κυρίας Γουόρεν Greek Mrs. Warren's Profession Spanish کسبوکار خانم وارن Persian La Profession de Madame Warren French Warrenné mestersége Hungarian La professione della signora Warren Italian ウォレン夫人の職業 Japanese Profesiunea doamnei Warren Romanian
| Mrs. Warren's Profession | |
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 Photographs from the 1918 production of Mrs. Warren's Profession, directed by and starring Mary Shaw (pictured in the two lower frames). | |
| Written by | George Bernard Shaw |
| Date premiered | Stage Society, 5 January 1902 (private) |
| Place premiered | New Lyric Club |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | The madam of a string of brothels justifies her career to her daughter |
| Genre | Problem play |
| Setting | A cottage at Haslemere, Surrey |
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Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902. It is one of the three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898, alongside The Philanderer and Widowers' Houses. The play is about 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 illustrate the idea that the act of prostitution was not caused by moral failure but by economic necessity. Elements of the play were borrowed from Shaw's 1882 novel Cashel Byron's Profession, about a man who becomes a boxer due to limited employment opportunities.