If marriage is a trade, then what price romance? - Oxford Abridged Short Talks

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Theatre was a popular forum for early twentieth-century feminists to challenge romantic ideals of marriage, arguing that it amounted to prostitution when society blocked women's access to alternative professions. But such pessimism rarely makes for good box office, so how did one playwright solve the problem of selling seats without selling out?

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