Vivie Warren, an emancipated, sharply intelligent and self sufficient Cambridge graduate, discovers, first, that her mother has risen from poverty to her present affluence through prostitution and, second, that she continues to be a direct beneficiary of a chain of European brothels. As the play unfolds, Vivie has to come to grips with her mother’s long-kept secret. How is she expected to handle the truth? Shaw’s sparkling with and clever dialogue keep us guessing at each turn of the story, as the stark questions about social justice, sexual relationships and parent/child conflicts posed by the play lead the characters (and the public too) to seek suitable answers.