Mrs. Warren’s Profession TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text A respectable member of society is desperate to protect her daughter from finding out that in her youth she was a prostitute.<br><br>an excerpt:<br><br>MRS WARREN. Well, what do you notice now?<br><br>PRAED. Only that Vivie is a grown woman. Pray, Kitty, treat her with every respect.<br><br>MRS WARREN [with genuine amazement] Respect! Treat my own daughter with respect! What next, pray!<br><br>VIVIE [appearing at the cottage door and calling to Mrs Warren] Mother: will you come to my room before tea?<br><br>MRS WARREN. Yes, dearie. [She laughs indulgently at Praed's gravity, and pats him on the cheek as she passes him on her way to the porch]. Don't be cross, Praddy. [She follows Vivie into the cottage].<br><br>CROFTS [furtively] I say, Praed.<br><br>PRAED. Yes.<br><br>CROFTS. I want to ask you a rather particular question.<br><br>PRAED. Certainly. [He takes Mrs Warren's chair and sits close to Crofts].<br><br>CROFTS. Thats right: they might hear us from the window. Look here: did Kitty every tell you who that girl's father is?<br><br>PRAED. Never.<br><br>CROFTS. Have you any suspicion of who it might be? COMMENTS: Visual Text A truly great play. Powerful and interesting, and filled with Shavian humanity and "look at it from the other side" perspective. Will it musicalize? Perhaps not; or perhaps its melodramatic style might be best suited towards opera. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: MrsWarrensProfession.pdf
