''A Marriage Has Been Arranged'' (1904) is a one-act play by
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author and dramatist
Alfred Sutro
Alfred Sutro OBE (7 August 1863 – 11 September 1933) was an English author, dramatist and translator. In addition to a succession of successful plays of his own in the first quarter of the 20th century, Sutro made the first English translation ...
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The play premiered at the Garrick Theatre, in London, on March 27, 1904, with Arthur Bourchier playing the role of ''Mr. Harrisson Crockstead'' and Violet Vanbrugh as ''Lady Aline de Vaux''.
The play presents a single scene in which Mr. Crockstead, a self-made millionaire, proposes marriage to the noble but pennyless young Lady Aline de Vaux, who refuses to marry him but eventually changes her mind after Crockstead makes the girl a strange, unusual offer. It is classified as a ''comedy of society''.
References
External links
''Full Text of A Marriage Has Been Arranged''''Audio Drama version of A Marriage Has Been Arranged''''Audio Drama version of A Marriage Has Been Arranged''on Youtube
1904 plays
One-act plays
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