Mrs Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

Mrs Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

An unabridged edition of the four acts, to include the complete author's apology written prior to the play's first performance (1902) at the New Lyric Club, London.

“LW. Conolly’s edition of Mrs Warren’s Profession will be exceedingly helpful to readers of all sorts—undergraduate students, Shaw specialists, and general readers alike. Insight into Shaw’s play benefits from a knowledge of its various late-19th-century contexts, and this edition includes a wealth of contextual materials, in areas ranging from prostitution to Cambridge University. This thorough, well-researched edition is a major contribution to everyone’s understanding of Shaw’s always-up-to-date dramatic study of prostitution and capitalism.” — Jonathan Wisenthal, University of British Columbia

“This edition of Mrs Warren’s Profession, with its astonishing range of associated documents, provides an invaluable resource for students and Shaw enthusiasts, and has a good deal to offer to the seasoned Shaw scholar as well. The introduction offers a wonderfully detailed and informative account of the social, political, and theatrical contexts of Shaw’s first major play, and Conolly’s analysis of the dramatic texture of Mrs Warren’s Profession allows insight into the qualities of the play itself and why, despite the excitement of the early scandals, it has more than historic interest, and lives on today’s stage.” — Jean Chothia, University of Cambridge

Jonathan Wisenthal is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia and the author of several books, including Shaw's Sense of History.


Daniel O'Leary is Assistant Professor of English at Concordia University in Montreal and a contributor to the Cambridge Companion to the Irish Novel and The History of the Book in Canada.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781551116273
ISBN 10	1551116278
Title	Mrs Warren's Profession
Author	Bernard Shaw
Series	Broadview Editions Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Broadview Press Ltd
Year published	2005-09-30
Number of pages	246
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.