Venue Info
Taliesin, Swansea University , Singleton Campus, Swansea SA2 8PZ
NTLive: Mrs Warren's Profession
Taliesin, Swansea
Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.
Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?
Filmed live from the West End, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke (Follies, Good), exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.
★★★★★ ‘Dominic Cooke’s streamlined adaptation’ Broadway World
★★★★ ‘Startlingly fresh’ Time Out
★★★★ ‘Imelda Staunton is magnificent’ Independent
Mae'r enillydd Gwobr Olivier bum gwaith Imelda Staunton (The Crown) yn ymuno â'i merch Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) am y tro cyntaf erioed, i chwarae mam a merch yng nghlasur moesol ac enynnol Bernard Shaw.
Mae Vivie Warren yn fenyw arloesol. Mae ei mam, serch hynny, yn hanu o'r hen drefn batriarchaidd. Mae ei hecsbloetio wedi ennill ffortiwn i Mrs Warren - ond am ba gost?
Wedi'i ffilmio'n fyw o'r West End, mae'r cynhyrchiad newydd hwn yn aduno Staunton â'r cyfarwyddwr Dominic Cooke (Follies, Good) gan archwilio'r gwrthdaro rhwng moesoldeb ac annibyniaeth, traddodiadau a chynnydd.