Mrs. Warren's Profession - Couverture souple

Shaw, Bernard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1839044748 ISBN 13 : 9781839044748

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 2025

Synopsis

'I am my mother’s daughter. I am like you. But my work is not your work, and my way is not your way.'

Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Estranged from her wealthy mother, she delights in a glass of whisky and a good detective story, and is determined to carve herself a sparkling legal career in an age ruled by men.

Her mother, however, is a part of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune and paid for her daughter’s expensive education – but at what cost?

Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic was written in 1893, but, after being banned by the Lord Chamberlain, didn’t receive a full public production in London until 1925. This version of the play, edited and introduced by director Dominic Cooke, was produced at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End in 2025, starring real-life mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), who preferred to be known as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). He was the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1839044748
• ISBN 13: 9781839044748
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 72
• Éditeur: Cooke Dominic
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