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Topper is a hilarious, ribald comedy about a mild-mannered bank manager and two capricious ghosts, George and Marion Kerby, who make it their mission to rescue Topper from the drab "summer of suburban Sundays" that is his life.

Ein humorvoll alkoholgetränkt-phantastisches Hörspiel nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Thorne Smith. Der amerikanische Privatgelehrte und Erfinder Hunter Hawk hat das Geheimnis entdeckt, wie man lebende Wesen in steinerne Statuen und zurück verwandeln kann. Als er seine Erfindung allein mit viel Rotwein feiert, begegnet ihm die 800 Jahre junge Meg Turner, die ihm wiederum zeigt, wie er Steinernes zum Leben erwecken kann. Zusammen brechen sie nach New York auf und beleben antike Götterstatuen im Metropolitan Museum: Diana, Juventas, Bacchus, Merkur und Neptun.

Here is a meeting with George and Marion Kerby, a couple of free-wheeling ghosts, who meet up with respectable banker Cosmo Topper. This was noted by the New York Times, claiming: “Thorne Smith created the modern American ghost story, ghosts with style and wit; ghosts that haunt us still.” Others pointed out, “Smith was a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee.” The overall mood has a touch of silliness, but it provides lighthearted reading and listening, a matter of nonsensical escapism. For Topper it meant relief from a nagging wife with ongoing indigestion.

Join us for the uproarious journey of a young mans unexpected recruitment into a navy that, despite its impressive arsenal and training, finds itself hilariously unprepared for his arrival and questionable contributions. (Introduction by Nigel Boydell)