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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).

Eredeti megjelenés éve: 1893

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108 oldal · ISBN: 9781603863728

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George Bernard Shaw: Mrs Warren's Profession

Egyértelműen látszik a viktoriánus normák kritikája és a New Woman mozgalom, talán túlságosan is. Még a szereplők és a történet is úgy van mozgatva, hogy mindenki megfelelő helyzetben mondhassa el a véleményét.

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George Bernard Shaw: Mrs Warren's Profession

Sajnos egyáltalán nem okozott maradandó élményt. Tudom, hogy egyik szemináriumra volt kötelező olvasmány, de semmi egyéb nem maradt meg.

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VIVIE: … People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

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MRS WARREN … The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her. If she's in his own station of life, let her make him marry her; but if she's far beneath him she can't expect it: why should she? it wouldn't be for her own happiness. Ask any lady in London society that has daughters; and she'll tell you the same, except that I tell you straight and she'll tell you crooked. Thats all the difference.

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