Characters in the play:
Mrs. Kitty Warren - once a prostitute, now a owner of number of brothels
Vivie - daughter of Mrs. Warren, recently graduated from University with honours
Reverend Samuel Gardner - a minister, possibly Vivie's out-of-wedlock father
Frank Gardner - son of Samuel Gardner, also lover of Vivie
Sir George Crofts - Mrs. Warren's business partner
Mr. Praed - a middle aged friend of Mrs. Warren
Summary of the Play:
Mrs. Warren in the title refers to Mrs. Kitty Warren, whose profession at present is prostitution, running a number of brothels across Europe with her business partner Air George Crofts though she herself started her profession as a prostitute to support her daughter's education. Her daughter who returns from Cambridge University after getting graduated from there with honours gets shocked to know her mother's profession. Mother successfully explains her daughter about the conditions that forced her to take up that position. Mother arranges for a meeting with her friend Mr. Praed but Vivie is romantically involved into an affair with Frank Gardner whose father Samuel Gardner happens to be possibly the biological father of Vivie. Since Vivie and Frank Gardner become half siblings, the former gets rid of the latter as well as her own mother who continues her profession even when there is no longer any need for that. Sir George Crofts who is older than Vivie by 25 years is also attracted towards her and gets disappointed. The play ends with the triumph of Vivie as a new independent woman by taking up her own office and with the heart broken Mrs. Warren whose longing to live with her daughter no longer gets fulfilled.
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