![]() ![]() This would mean that Vivie and Frank are half-sister and brother. The situation reaches the climax when Vivie and her lover Frank Gardner are informed that her father is the vicar of the parish. Vivie wants to know the name of her father, but her mother does not know it hersel. She keeps her only daughter Vivie, who has received the best education ignorant of the source of her income. Warren becomes the Managing Director of a chain of hotel-brothels. Her sister Lizzy, who is only mentioned in the play, collected so much money out of his this profession that she retired to a cathedral city. Warren like her sister was born in a slum and became a prostitute and prospered well. In this play the evils of capitalism which turn women into prostitutes, are brought to light. This play was written in 1893 but it could not be produced before 1925 because of the ban, and the objections raised by J.T. The play was a failure, although it gave a shock to the public because it dealt with the evils of slum landlordism. The play appears to be an economic essay in dramatic form. This play deals with slum-landlordism, and municipal jobbery. He is shocked to find that her father became rich by exploiting slum-dwellers. A young doctor falls in love with a young girl. What happens in the play is matter of few lines. Seven years later in 1892, Shaw completed it. ![]() It had to be left unfinished because William Archer withdrew his collaboration. ![]() Shaw started writing this play in 1885, in collaboration with William Archer. ![]()
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