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Mrs Warren's Profession review " Caroline Quentin's bewitching madam by Arifa Akbar

Theatre Royal BathGeorge Bernard Shaw's discomfiting play finds a commanding lead in Quentin, playing alongside her real-life daughter Rose It is clear to see why George Bernard Shaw's 1893 play was banned by the Lord Chamberlain. It argues the economic case for prostitution, has a plotline of potential incest and makes analogies between sex work and marriage that would doubtless have shocked Victorian society. The m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM on November 17, 2022

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