The problem play is a form of drama that emerged during the 19th century as part of the wider movement of realism in the arts, especially following the innovations of Henrik Ibsen. It deals with conte
Scenes from a 1918 production of Mrs Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw, an archetypal 'problem play'
A performance of Ibsen's Ghosts, one of the defining problem plays, in Berlin, 1983
Mrs Warren's Profession is a 1893 play by George Bernard Shaw, first performed in London in 1902. It was included in Shaw's 1898 collection Plays Unpleasant, alongside The Philanderer and Widowers' Ho
Problem play
…Scenes from a 1918 production of Mrs Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw, an archetypal 'problem play' The problem play is a form of drama that emerged during the 19th century as part of the wider movement…
Fanny Brough as Mrs Warren in the 1902 London production. Part of a series of photographs of the production taken by Frederick H. Evans. According to a note in Cornell University Library's archive, playwright George Bernard Shaw referred to Evans as "the most artistic of photographers."