Mrs. Warren's Profession

George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession follows Vivie Warren, an independent young woman educated at university, as she comes to learn the truth about her mother’s past and the source of the family’s wealth. When Mrs Kitty Warren, a former prostitute turned brothel owner, enters Vivie’s life more fully, the play sets their relationship against questions of respectability, money, and the narrow choices available to women in Victorian society.