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SHAKESPEARE '70 TO PERFORM SHAW'S GRIPPING DRAMA, MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION

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From: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
Date: 20060202
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College of New Jersey issued the following news release:

Shakespeare '70 in its annual winter appearance at The College of New Jersey brings George Bernard Shaw's controversial and socially provocative drama Mrs. Warren's Profession to the campus. This play was banned in London when it was written in 1894, and it took Shaw eight years to get a license to produce it. It was banned in New Haven and then in New York, where the actors were cited for "disorderly conduct."

Performances will be at The Don Evans Black Box Theater in Kendall Hall at The College of New Jersey on February 16, 17, 18, ...

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