Download or read book Mrs Warren s Profession written by George Bernard Shaw and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-21 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mrs. Warren's Profession" by George Bernard Shaw is a provocative exploration of morality, class, and the role of women in society. The play revolves around the relationship between Mrs. Kitty Warren, a shrewd and successful madam, and her daughter Vivie, a young woman determined to make her own way in the world. As Vivie uncovers the truth about her mother's profession, she is forced to confront her own values and beliefs, leading to a clash of ideals between mother and daughter. Shaw's incisive wit and social commentary shine through in this thought-provoking drama, challenging audiences to reconsider their preconceptions about morality and the choices individuals make in pursuit of success and independence. "Mrs. Warren's Profession" remains a compelling and relevant work that continues to spark conversation and debate.
Download or read book Mr Warren s Profession written by Sebastian Nothwell and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-20 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lindsey Althorp, the only son of a wealthy baronet, has never worked a day in his life. Aubrey Warren was born in a workhouse and hasn't stopped working since. When Lindsey wins a textile mill in a game of cards, he falls at first sight for the assistant clerk, Aubrey. Lindsey is certain that Aubrey is the Achilles to his Patroclus, the David to his Jonathan. Yet Aubrey, unaccustomed to affection, refuses to be a kept man-though he isn't immune to Lindsey's considerable charm. Buoyed by Lindsey's optimism and fuelled by Aubrey's industry, the two men strive to overcome the class gulf between them. But a horrific accident reveals a betrayal that threatens to tear them apart forever.
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Download or read book Mrs Warren s Profession written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middle-aged Mrs. Warren is a madam, proprietress of a string of successful brothels. Her daughter, Vivie, is a modern young woman, but not so modern that she's not shocked to discover the source of her mother's wealth. The clash of these two strong-willed but culturally constrained Victorian women is the spark that ignites the ironic wit of one of George Bernard Shaw's greatest plays, a withering critique of male domination, sexual hypocrisy, and societal convention. Initially banned after its 1893 publication with its startling frankness, Mrs. Warren's Profession remains a powerful work of progressive theater. Irish playwright GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856-1950) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and an Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay in 1938, the only person to achieve both honors. Among his many renowned plays are Arms and the Man (1894), Candida (1894), Man and Superman (1903), Major Barbara (1905), and Pygmalion (1913).
Download or read book Mrs Warren s Profession written by Geroge Bernard Shaw and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs. Warren's Profession
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Download or read book Oak King Holly King written by Sebastian Nothwell and published by Sebastian Nothwell. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shrike, the Butcher of Blackthorn, is a legendary warrior of the fae realms. When he wins a tournament in the Court of the Silver Wheel, its queen names him her Oak King - a figurehead destined to die in a ritual duel to invoke the change of seasons. Shrike is determined to survive. Even if it means he must put his heart as well as his life into a mere mortal's hands. Wren Lofthouse, a London clerk, has long ago resigned himself to a life of tedium and given up his fanciful dreams. When a medieval-looking brute arrives at his office to murmur of destiny, he's inclined to think his old enemies are playing an elaborate prank. Still, he can't help feeling intrigued by the bizarre-yet-handsome stranger and his fantastical ramblings, whose presence stirs up emotions Wren has tried to lock away in the withered husk of his heart. As Shrike whisks Wren away to a world of Wild Hunts and arcane rites, Wren is freed from the repression of Victorian society. But both the fae and mortal realms prove treacherous to their growing bond. Wren and Shrike must fight side-by-side to see who will claim victory - Oak King or Holly King.
Download or read book Mrs Warren s Profession written by George Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GENTLEMAN [taking off his hat] I beg your pardon. Can you direct me to Hindhead View-Mrs Alison's?THE YOUNG LADY [glancing up from her book] This is Mrs Alison's. [She resumes her work].THE GENTLEMAN. Indeed! Perhaps-may I ask are you Miss Vivie Warren?THE YOUNG LADY [sharply, as she turns on her elbow to get a good look at him] Yes.THE GENTLEMAN [daunted and conciliatory] I'm afraid I appear intrusive. My name is Praed. [Vivie at once throws her books upon the chair, and gets out of the hammock]. Oh, pray don't let me disturb you.VIVIE [striding to the gate and opening it for him] Come in, Mr Praed. [He comes in]. Glad to see you. [She proffers her hand and takes his with a resolute and hearty grip. She is an attractive specimen of the sensible, able, highly-educated young middle-class Englishwoman. Age 22. Prompt, strong, confident, self-possessed. Plain business-like dress, but not dowdy. She wears a chatelaine at her belt, with a fountain pen and a paper knife among its pendants].PRAED. Very kind of you indeed, Miss Warren. [She shuts the gate with a vigorous slam. He passes in to the middle of the garden, exercising his fingers, which are slightly numbed by her greeting]. Has your mother arrived?VIVIE [quickly, evidently scenting aggression] Is she coming?PRAED [surprised] Didn't you expect us?VIVIE. No.PRAED. Now, goodness me, I hope I've not mistaken the day. That would be just like me, you know. Your mother arranged that she was to come down from London and that I was to come over from Horsham to be introduced to you.VIVIE [not at all pleased] Did she? Hm! My mother has rather a trick of taking me by surprise-to see how I behave myself while she's away, I suppose. I fancy I shall take my mother very much by surprise one of these days, if she makes arrangements that concern me without consulting me beforehand. She hasnt come.PRAED [embarrassed] I'm really very sorry.VIVIE [throwing off her displeasure] It's not your fault, Mr Praed, is it? And I'm very glad you've come. You are the only one of my mother's friends I have ever asked her to bring to see me.PRAED [relieved and delighted] Oh, now this is really very good of you, Miss Warren!VIVIE. Will you come indoors; or would you rather sit out here and talk?PRAED. It will be nicer out here, don't you think?
Download or read book Man and Superman written by Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mrs Warren s Profession written by Bernard Shaw and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2005-09-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Bernard Shaw’s early plays of social protest, Mrs Warren’s Profession places the protagonist’s decision to become a prostitute in the context of the appalling conditions for working class women in Victorian England. Faced with ill health, poverty, and marital servitude on the one hand, and opportunities for financial independence, dignity, and self-worth on the other, Kitty Warren follows her sister into a successful career in prostitution. Shaw’s fierce social criticism in this play is driven not by conventional morality, but by anger at the hypocrisy that allows society to condemn prostitution while condoning the discrimination against women that makes prostitution inevitable. This Broadview edition includes a comprehensive historical and critical introduction; extracts from Shaw’s prefaces to the play; Shaw’s expurgations of the text; early reviews of the play in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain; and contemporary contextual documents on prostitution, incest, censorship, women’s education, and the “New Woman.”
Download or read book George Bernard Shaw written by G. K. Chesterton and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative," for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was an arts critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," and his works-80 books and nearly 4,000 essays-remain among the most beloved in the English language. Chesterton clashed vociferously and frequently with George Bernhard Shaw, his greatest intellectual "enemy," once calling the Irish playwright "most savagely serious man of his time." This 1909 critique of Shaw's work and attitudes is considered one of the best works of cultural criticism ever written, and certainly the best book on Shaw. Exploring the writer's work through the perspectives of his various personas-the Irishman, the Puritan, the Progressive, the Critic, the Dramatist, and the Philosopher-Chesterton, with brutal grace and devastating humor, shreds Shaw's grimness and illiberalism. This is essential reading for those seeking the best English literature has to offer.
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Download or read book The People in the Picture written by Iris Rainer Dart and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the creator and star of Yiddish musical films in Poland between the wars, Raisel is now a grandmother (Bubbie) in ’70s New York. Bubbie longs to tell the stories of her acting troupe’s successes and heroism to her granddaughter Jenny. Sadly, her TV-comedy-writer daughter, Red, insists on leaving the past behind, unless Bubbie will talk about the events that have plagued them both since Red’s childhood.
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Download or read book Mrs Warren s Profession written by George Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GENTLEMAN [taking off his hat] I beg your pardon. Can you direct me to Hindhead View--Mrs Alison's?THE YOUNG LADY [glancing up from her book] This is Mrs Alison's. [She resumes her work].THE GENTLEMAN. Indeed! Perhaps--may I ask are you Miss Vivie Warren?THE YOUNG LADY [sharply, as she turns on her elbow to get a good look at him] Yes.THE GENTLEMAN [daunted and conciliatory] I'm afraid I appear intrusive. My name is Praed. [Vivie at once throws her books upon the chair, and gets out of the hammock]. Oh, pray don't let me disturb you.VIVIE [striding to the gate and opening it for him] Come in, Mr Praed. [He comes in]. Glad to see you. [She proffers her hand and takes his with a resolute and hearty grip. She is an attractive specimen of the sensible, able, highly-educated young middle-class Englishwoman. Age 22. Prompt, strong, confident, self-possessed. Plain business-like dress, but not dowdy. She wears a chatelaine at her belt, with a fountain pen and a paper knife among its pendants].PRAED. Very kind of you indeed, Miss Warren. [She shuts the gate with a vigorous slam. He passes in to the middle of the garden, exercising his fingers, which are slightly numbed by her greeting]. Has your mother arrived?VIVIE [quickly, evidently scenting aggression] Is she coming?PRAED [surprised] Didn't you expect us?VIVIE. No.PRAED. Now, goodness me, I hope I've not mistaken the day. That would be just like me, you know. Your mother arranged that she was to come down from London and that I was to come over from Horsham to be introduced to you.VIVIE [not at all pleased] Did she? Hm! My mother has rather a trick of taking me by surprise--to see how I behave myself while she's away, I suppose. I fancy I shall take my mother very much by surprise one of these days, if she makes arrangements that concern me without consulting me beforehand. She hasnt come.PRAED [embarrassed] I'm really very sorry.VIVIE [throwing off her displeasure] It's not your fault, Mr Praed, is it? And I'm very glad you've come. You are the only one of my mother's friends I have ever asked her to bring to see me.PRAED [relieved and delighted] Oh, now this is really very good of you, Miss Warren!VIVIE. Will you come indoors; or would you rather sit out here and talk?PRAED. It will be nicer out here, don't you think?
