Mrs. Warren's Profession
By Bernard Shaw
Cover: Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (c. 1892), oil on canvas by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1925)
Vivie Warren, a clear-headed young Cambridge graduate, discovers that her mother's comfortable income comes from managing a chain of brothels. Shaw's play, once banned from the stage, argues that the real guilt belongs to a society that pays women so little.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.