Sonia Friedman Productions has announced the full principal casting for the upcoming major revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession, directed by Dominic Cooke. Joining the previously announced Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter are Kevin Doyle, Robert Glenister, Reuben Joseph, and Sid Sagar.
Newly edited for this production by Dominic Cooke, Mrs. Warren’s Profession opens at the Garrick Theatre on 22 May, with previews from 10 May. The strictly limited run will end on 16 August.
The cast includes Imelda Staunton as Mrs. Kitty Warren, Bessie Carter as Vivie Warren, Kevin Doyle as Reverend Samuel Gardner, Robert Glenister as Sir George Crofts, Reuben Joseph as Frank Gardner, and Sid Sagar as Mr. Praed.
Director Dominic Cooke is joined by designer Chloe Lamford, lighting designer Jon Clark, sound designer Christopher Shutt, and casting director Amy Ball CDG.
“I am my mother’s daughter. I am like you. But my work is not your work, and my way is not your way.”
Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Estranged from her wealthy mother, she delights in a glass of whisky, a good detective story, and is determined to carve herself a sparkling legal career in an age ruled by men.
Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune and paid for her daughter’s expensive education – but at what cost?
Four-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) joins forces with her daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton, Dear Octopus) for the very first time, reuniting with the extraordinary director Dominic Cooke (Hello, Dolly!, Good) to bring George Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic crashing into the 21st Century.
George Bernard Shaw’s play, written in 1893, was banned by the Lord Chamberlain for 30 years due to its candid discussion of prostitution and wasn’t performed in London until 1925.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) was an Irish playwright. His major works include Arms and the Man, Candida, The Philanderer, The Devil’s Disciple, Man and Superman, Major Barbara, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Misalliance, Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan. He won multiple awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
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