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Mrs Warren's Profession is a play written in 1893 by Irish playwright, music and theatre critic George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)[1].

The original text

The title refers to prostitution. First performed in London in 1902.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans and produced under the title Die Verliefde Indringer (approx. = "The Amorous Intruder") and later as Die Oorwinnaar (= "The Conqueror") by Paul de Groot, with **.

Performance history in South Africa

Produced at Cape Town's Little Theatre in 1943 by Rosalie van der Gucht starring Minna Millsten, Mary Dean, Basil Warner, Jack Stubbs, Frank Spears, Clifford Wootton. Sets by Cecil Pym.

Presented by Libertas Theatre Club in November 1973 at the H.B. Thom Theatre produced by Billy Trengove starring Janet Schörn, David Kennedy, Louise Brower, Philip Erskine, Lewis Silberbauer, Peter Viljoen.

Sources

Mrs Warren's Profession. Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Warren%27s_Profession).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Warren%27s_Profession

Trek, 8(9):18, 1943.

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