Imelda Staunton and Daughter Bessie Carter in Mrs Warren's Profession

Imelda Staunton and daughter Bessie Carter in Mrs Warren's Profession

Staunton and Carter play a battling mother and daughter in George Bernard Shaw's melodrama about prostitution.

Mrs Warren's Profession: 'tour-de-force' from Imelda Staunton and daughter Bessie Carter

Written in 1893, George Bernard Shaw's morality play "Mrs Warren's Profession" was so scandalous at the time, it was banned by the Lord Chamberlain and not performed publicly in London until 1925.The writer's "sin", said Susannah Clapp in The Observer, was to make his protagonist a former prostitute and "brothel-keeper who unrepentantly profits from her trade" – and fails "either to kill herself or to melt into sentimental gold-heartedness" when…

Mrs Warren’s Profession review – Staunton leads fierce revival

It’s mother against daughter in a battle of love, money, and power – it doesn’t get more explosive than this. The post Mrs Warren’s Profession | Review, The Garrick Theatre appeared first on 1883 Magazine.

MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION review by thespyinthestalls

review of MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION | Garrick Theatre | thespyinthestalls | 5 stars | Dominic Cooke’s production of George Bernard Shaw