Mrs. Warren's Profession Revival

Closing: August 16, 2025

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Garrick Theatre

2 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0HH London

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) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bridgerton’s Bessie Carter 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.

Mrs. Warren's Profession - 2025 - West End Cast

Imelda Staunton

Sid Sagar

Robert Glenister

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Imelda Staunton and daughter Bessie Carter are a magnificent double act

8 / 10

There are a few too many Shavian speeches which pull you out of the drama, though the arguments remain compelling – whether the comparison between sex work and transactional marriage dressed up as romance, or the passionate defence of a woman’s right to find purpose and self-respect through a career. In that latter respect, Mrs Warren and Vivie are actually very similar, but, via the excellent performances here, you deeply feel the tragedy that there is as much to drive them apart as bring them together.

Imelda Staunton battles with Bernard Shaw

6 / 10

The problem now, of course, is how to make this period piece speak to a modern audience. “Speak” being the operative word, since, like so many of Shaw’s plays, you often feel you are being addressed by a writer who turns every other conversation into an Oxford Union debate. The torrent of words beats you into submission. Even with a text that has been cut down and clarified by Cooke himself, you still sense Shaw’s hectoring presence.

Mrs. Warren's Profession History

Other Productions of Mrs. Warren's Profession

1905	Broadway	Broadway
1907	Broadway	Broadway
1918	Broadway	Broadway
1922	Broadway	Broadway
1958	Off-Broadway	Off-Broadway
1976	Broadway	Broadway
1985	Off-Broadway	Off-Broadway
2005	Off-Broadway	Off-Broadway
2010	West End	London Production West End
2010	Broadway	Roundabout Revival Broadway
2025	West End	West End

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