Washington Stage Guild does it again with outstanding Mrs. Warren’s Profession None of the characters in George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession agree with what a woman should do with her life. No one will disagree that the 2022 Washington Stage Guild production makes it very clear that it is about CHOOSING their OWN destinies. First written in 1893, the play was not performed until 1902 because of government censorship over prostitution. Later the cast and crew were arrested by police in a 1905 performance for violating NYC’s version of the Comstock laws. The police report said it was shocking, but what was upsetting was not the profession (which is never stated) but that society's treatment of women, that what drove them into that line of work should even be in question. Fast forward to the fight for the ERA, and change in law that is long overdue, and that guarantees ...
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