COMPLETE: Mrs. Warren's Profession by G.B. Shaw - ek

ChewBobcca · Post by **ChewBobcca** » December 11th, 2010, 10:39 am

Arielle,

I'd be happy to take the vacant role of "Mr. Praed."

I've been dying to take on Shaw for a long time. My mother was Liza in Pygmalion, so I feel I ought to continue the family legacy.

Best,

Robert

wildemoose · Post by **wildemoose** » December 11th, 2010, 11:03 am

Robert, that would be great! I know you're new around here, so please let me know if you have any questions.

wildemoose · Post by **wildemoose** » December 16th, 2010, 6:20 am

It occurs to me that the current book summary gives away the whole plot and the ending of the play pretty flagrantly. Let's change it to the following:

"The story centers on the relationship between Mrs Kitty Warren, a rich woman, described by the author as "on the whole, a genial and fairly presentable old blackguard of a woman" and her daughter, Vivie. Mrs Warren is a middle-aged woman whose Cambridge-educated daughter, Vivie, is horrified to discover the sinister way her mother acquired her fortune."

gloriana · Post by **gloriana** » December 16th, 2010, 8:55 am

The summary sounds good to me, apart from applying the adjective "sinister" to Mrs. Warren's profession - is that a bit much? Perhaps "questionable" or something a bit more forgiving? Or am I just taking Mrs. Warren's side too much?

wildemoose · Post by **wildemoose** » December 16th, 2010, 9:06 am

LOL. Maybe just a little, but how about "morally questionable"?

ExEmGe · Post by **ExEmGe** » December 16th, 2010, 9:42 am

Don't you think that it's rather important that the audience/listener knows just what Mrs Warren'ss profession is? Without that the first act (Vivie's chats with Praed & Croft) loses a lot of it's force. I don't know about the first performance, but certainly every audience afterwards has known. Actually they'd have to be pretty thick not to guess from the title!
I agree that the summary id perhaps too revealing about the end though.

wildemoose · Post by **wildemoose** » December 16th, 2010, 9:57 am

I guess my thought was that Mrs. Warren's profession is actually a "reveal" in the script, not something you're intended to know going in. I can see how that would be taken as a spoiler by someone who didn't know it going in--on the other hand, I can see how that first conversation might be confusing if one didn't have that knowledge. I'm happy for others to weigh in on this--I could go either way.

wildemoose · Post by **wildemoose** » January 4th, 2011, 7:17 am

The role of Praed has been orphaned; reader has not picked up PM.

beeber · Post by **beeber** » January 4th, 2011, 8:46 am

I would be happy to read Praed.

Bruce

wildemoose · Post by **wildemoose** » January 4th, 2011, 8:53 am

Wonderful, Bruce! I will add you to the Magic Window. Thanks so much for stepping in.

beeber · Post by **beeber** » January 5th, 2011, 4:21 pm

Here is Praed.

Act 1:
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ek/mrswarrensprofession_praed_1.mp3

Act 2:
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ek/mrswarrensprofession_praed_2.mp3

Act 3:
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ek/mrswarrensprofession_praed_3.mp3

Act 4:
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ek/mrswarrensprofession_praed_4.mp3

Bruce

wildemoose · Post by **wildemoose** » January 5th, 2011, 5:25 pm

Thanks, Bruce! I will get started editing.

ExEmGe · Post by **ExEmGe** » January 6th, 2011, 9:27 am

Praed Act 1 )
Praed Act 2 )
Praed Act 3)
Praed Act 4) ....................... All OK !!

wildemoose · Post by **wildemoose** » January 6th, 2011, 10:08 am

Awesome, thanks, Andy! I should have Act 1 for you by this evening.

wildemoose · Post by **wildemoose** » January 6th, 2011, 7:21 pm

Here's Act 1, 32:07

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ek/mrswarrensprofession_01_shaw.mp3