蕭伯納的《華倫夫人的職業》（Mrs. Warren’s Profession）講述的是維多利亞時期的娼妓故事，揭露其時社會貧困勞工女性遭到剝削、為生活所迫而選擇從娼的情況；此劇同時也因為涉及娼妓題材而遭到當局查禁長達三十餘年。

本文以《華倫夫人的職業》一劇之社會與戲劇脈絡為主軸分為兩大部分。第一部分探討娼妓議題在十九世紀英國社會及戲劇之重要性，包括彼時與其相關之社會運動，大眾態度以及世紀末的娼劇創作氛圍；第二部分則以戲劇審查制度為本，介紹其簡史及思想傾向演變，檢視其作為權威機構之可能影響力。透過此兩大脈絡之梳理，本文以此劇為中心，探討其創作與表演與、出版等接受過程當中與其他娼劇之異同；並試圖藉由對作者技巧之具體分析，理解蕭的作品何以為「新」、與舊有傳統之關係為何，對於娼妓又可能有何影響及意義。

George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession, written in 1894, is a play about prostitution, which was one of the most worrying issues of the British society in the Victorian era. Shaw made use of the character of Mrs. Warren, a brother keeper, to draw the public’s attention to the fact that Victorian prostitution was mainly caused by the undervaluation and overworking of women. However, due to the sensitivity of the subject of prostitution, the play was censored and prohibited to be staged publicly in Britain until 1925.

Starting from a brief review to the anti-prostitution social movement, this thesis first gives an overview of the question of Victorian prostitution and theatrical works related to this subject. It then examines the development of theatre censorship, assessing its potential influence over theatrical productions, and even public attitudes towards the theatre and the issue of prostitution in the real world. Centering on Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession, this thesis aims to illustrate the changing attitudes of British public towards prostitution at the turn of the century as reflected in the major controversies over the issues in the Victorian society and in its treatment in fictional plays. Through analysis of techniques such as role portrayal, plot designing in Mrs. Warren’s Profession, as well as Shaw’s openly expressed views, this thesis attempts to investigate the innovation of Shaw’s work that differentiated itself from other works of the same subject, and to re-evaluate the suggestive significance of this difference in Victorian social and theatrical context.

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