KERR, Jean

CitationContextSource IDCitation “A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, any more than a good mortician wants to finish the job and then have the patient sit up on the table.” ~Jean Kerr, American author & playwright Mary, Mary (1960) Script, Act I; New York: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1965 revised ed., p. 33 Context Extended excerpt [Play dialogue - character ‘Oscar’ to ‘Bob’ & ‘Mary’]: “OSCAR. (Crosses U.R.C., eyeing them both.) Please don’t be embarrassed on my account. I’m delighted. I hate a friendly divorce. A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, any more than a good mortician wants to finish the job and