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Mrs. Warren's Profession은 George Bernard Shaw가 1893년에 쓴 희곡으로, 1902년 런던에서 처음 공연되었습니다. 이 희곡은 Shaw가 The Philanderer 및 Widowers' Houses와 함께 1898년에 Plays Unpleasant로 출판한 세 편의 희곡 중 하나입니다. 이 연극은 전직 매춘부가 이제는 마담(매춘업소 주인)이 되어 자신을 반대하는 딸과 화해하려고 하는 이야기입니다. 매춘 행위가 도덕적 실패가 아니라 경제적 필요에 의해 발생했다는 생각을 설명하기 위해 사회적 논평을 제공하는 문제극입니다. 연극의 요소는 제한된 고용 기회로 인해 권투 선수가 된 남자에 대한 Shaw의 1882년 소설 Cashel Byron's Profession에서 차용되었습니다.
〈A classic read in English_ Mrs. Warren’s Profession by Bernard Shaw 〉
Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902. It is one of the three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898, alongside The Philanderer and Widowers' Houses. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam (brothel proprietor), who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter. It is a problem play, offering social commentary to illustrate the idea that the act of prostitution was not caused by moral failure but by economic necessity. Elements of the play were borrowed from Shaw's 1882 novel Cashel Byron's Profession, about a man who becomes a boxer due to limited employment opportunities.
Summary
The story centres on the relationship between Mrs Kitty Warren and her daughter, Vivie. Mrs. Warren, a former prostitute and current brothel owner, is described as "on the whole, a genial and fairly presentable old blackguard of a woman." Vivie, an intelligent and pragmatic young woman who has just graduated from university, has come home to get acquainted with her mother for the first time in her life. The play focuses on how their relationship changes when Vivie learns what her mother does for a living. It explains why Mrs. Warren became a prostitute, condemns the hypocrisies relating to prostitution, and criticises the limited employment opportunities available for women in Victorian Britain.
