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Mrs Warren is the Belle de Jour of her time. She believes that prostitution is a fine way for an attractive woman to earn her living, far more appealing than the drudgery and dangers of life in a factory. George Bernard Shaw’s trenchant 1893 play inevitably upset the censor; even his friends were appalled. Nowadays, it’s the creaking, conventional structure that offends. Shaw’s frisky mind is hard to pin down, despite the efforts of Michael Rudman’s handsome production. On discovering her mother’s past, Vivie sympathises with the poverty that drove her into the trade, but can’t condone the business empire she has gone on to create. Felicity Kendal is adept at revealing how Mrs Warren is both a sentimental mother and a hard-headed businesswoman. As Vivie, Lucy Briggs-Owen is a real find as Vivie. Her mouth is priggishly drawn down for much of the play, but she is heartbreaking at the end, when she realises the emotional cost of taking a stand.

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