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Seventh Heaven

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Seventh Heaven (1922), a play by Austin Strong. [Booth Theatre, 704 perf.] Diane ( Helen Menken) is saved from her brutal sister Nana ( Marian Kerby), who would force her into prostitution, by the sympathetic sewer cleaner Chico ( George Gaul). He takes her to his shabby seventh‐floor walk‐up (his seventh heaven), where the two quickly fall in love. When war breaks out and Chico is called into the army, they pledge their loyalty. Diane goes to work in a munitions factory and when the war ends, she is led to believe that Chico has been killed, so she takes up with another man, Brissac ( Frank Morgan). Chico returns, but since he has been blinded, he does not see Brissac. The lovers are reunited, and Diane can only agree with Chico's assessment of himself—that he is “a most remarkable fellow.” Many critics felt this highly sentimental drama was immeasurably strengthened by Menken's performance, but the John Golden show toured successfully for several seasons without her. A musical version failed on Broadway in 1955. Austin STRONG (1881–1952) was born in San Francisco but was raised in Samoa (his step‐grandfather was Robert Louis Stevenson). Nearly a dozen of his plays reached Broadway, most notably A Good Little Devil (1913) and Three Wise Fools (1918).

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Seventh Heaven

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Seventh Heaven. The highest of all the spheres in the created order, hence the nearest that humans can approach to God. The theory of seven heavens/spheres is widespread in religions, e.g. in kabbalah.

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	Family in Seventh Heaven with beds from all over the world.(Features) Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 3/29/2003
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