Mrs Warren's Profession

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Event Mrs Warren's Profession
Venue Savoy Theatre, Sydney, NSW
First Date 17 April 1935
Opening Date 17 April 1935
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description By Bernard Shaw. The play is about Vivie Warren, a Cambridge graduate, who discovers that her mother has gained her wealth through prostitution. Explores themes of social justice, sexual relationships and parent/child conflicts. The play also examines common attitudes toward women, work, marriage and to an extent, commerce and commodities.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Social Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Victor Arnold Actor Frank
Cleo Grant Actor Mrs Warren
Sylvia Lunn Actor Vivie Warren
Kenyon McCarron Actor Praed
Tim O'Sullivan Actor Reverend Samuel Gardner
Jerold Wells Actor Crofts
George Bernard Shaw Playwright
Walter Hunt Producer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information All information for this production was taken from The New Years, 1932 - The Plays, People and Events of Six Decades of Sydney's Radical New Theatre, New Theatre, 1992. No cast or production list available (except Playwright) and therefore not entered.
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 22509
Dataset AusStage