MARRIAGE BUREAU (Stage Play)

MARRIAGE BUREAU is a stage play written by R. Kurti based on the book of the same name; a memoir co-written by its founder Mary Oliver telling the true story of Britain’s first dating agency.

Fleeing an arranged marriage in India, Mary Oliver throws her past life into the ocean winds on the ship home – And meets Heather Jenner, her future business partner.

Fed up with the limited and narrow mechanisms for meeting the opposite sex in the 1930s, Mary and Heather decide there has to be a better way. They come up with a system that allows them to gather data about people—likes, dislikes, core beliefs and values—and use that information to make introductions between complete strangers all looking to find love.

Unfortunately, their landlady is convinced it’s a cover for a brothel, polite society shuns their efforts, war in Europe is looming and managing the clients is like herding cats.

Well-behaved women seldom make history, and Mary and Heather refuse to give up, no matter what the obstacles.