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001 ocm07107782
003 OCoLC
005 20221029050951.0
008 810206s1969 nyu 000 0 eng d
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050 14 $aPS3537.E335$bH4 1969
082 4 $a812
100 1 $aSegall, Harry,$d1897-1975.
245 10 $aHeaven can wait :$bcomedy-fantasy in three acts /$cby Harry Segall.
260 $aNew York :$bDramatists Play Service,$c©1969.
300 $a80 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"The play on which the motion picture Here comes Mr. Jordan was based."
520 $a"Mr. Jordan is checking passengers who are to depart in an airplane for the Hereafter. The routine is interrupted by the arrival of Joe Pendleton, an attractive prizefighter, who refuses to admit he is dead and induces Jordan to look up the "records," which reveal that Joe is not scheduled to arrive for another 60 years! But, as Joe starts to return to earth to continue his fighting, word reaches Heaven that Max Levene, Joe's manager, thinking he had been killed, had Joe's body cremated, and Joe has no body to return to. Jordan promises to find Joe another body and is informed that the wealthy Jonathan Farnsworth is about to be murdered by his wife. So Joe suddenly finds himself in the home of the financier, visible as Joe to the audience but apparently as Farnsworth to Mrs. Farnsworth, and the public. The comedy begins when the pompous "Farnsworth" unaccountably goes into training as a fighter. In addition, "Farnsworth" decides to share his wealth and right the wrong "he" did to charming Bette Logan's father. Bette, having despised Farnsworth, finds herself falling in love with him and he with her. Just as Joe (still in Farnsworth's body) is about to get a chance to become a fighter, Jordan reports that Farnsworth does not approve of Joe's treatment of his body (and money) and is raising a fuss to have it back. While deciding on another body for Joe, Jordan receives a flash that K.O. Murdock, the champion, has been mysteriously shot. As K.O. is about to be counted out Jordan transfers Joe's spirit into the body of K.O. in time to have K.O. remain champ. There are still problems to be straightened out when Joe really becomes Murdock and loses memory of his previous existence--including Bette. Fortunately they meet and fall in love again--and Mr. Jordan is free to head for the Hereafter, his earthly task accomplished."--Publisher's description.
650 0 $aFantasy drama.
650 0 $aComedy.
650 6 $aThéâtre fantastique.
650 6 $aComédie.
650 7 $aComedy.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00869083
650 7 $aFantasy drama.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00920703
655 7 $aFantasy drama.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01921656
655 7 $aFantasy drama.$2lcgft
655 7 $aThéâtre fantastique.$2rvmgf
994 $aZ0$bGTX
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN GTX - 100 OTHER HOLDINGS