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FIRST NIGHT REVIEW: Mrs Warren's Profession - Garrick Theatre, London
Written in 1893, the play was deemed so disreputable it was banned from public performance until 1925.
Vivie has become a maths whiz at Cambridge University and refuses to be cowed by social convention, yet she is astounded to learn of how her mother found wealth. Although Staunton's Mrs Warren is a feisty lady of easy virtue, she seems almost fearful of securing the approval of a daughter who enjoys the ethical certainties of a young millennial. Set in a sunny Surrey garden before decamping to an austere Holborn office, there are solid performances all round – including a growling Robert Glenister as one of Mrs Warren's former clients.
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