... was performed by a shifting group of low-paid, easily replaced workers who could be hired and fired as pressure of work demanded- (Jordan 12). As Elizabeth Roberts notes in her study Women's Work, 1840-1940, "In 1914 about 20 per cent of clerical workers were women. Between 1861 and 1911 the number of male clerks had increased fivefold while the number ... play's reception has been marked by its being read as a play for children, a jolly fantasy of fun-filled adventure. As a consequence, it is not included in the canon of modern drama, as if a work for children cannot tackle issues with...

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