No Time for Comedy
by S N Behrman

Name: No Time for Comedy
Brand: S N Behrman
SKU: 9780573613104
Rating: 3.25 (7 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

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1930sStrong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsPeriod CostumesComedy

Synopsis

A success in New York where it opened with Katherine Cornell and Laurence Olivier and on tour, No Time for Comedy delights audiences and critics.

Gaylord Easterbrook is a clever young playwright whose comedies are highly successful.

He is married to Linda, a brilliant actress who stars in all his plays.

But Gay is discontented and restless, and he feels that this is no time for comedy.

He feels rather that the modern tempo and constant change demand reality and a serious approach.

He is encouraged in this opinion by Amanda Smith, a restless dabbler and society woman who is married to a dull businessman.

With her as an inspiration Gay manages to write a serious play about death and the Spanish Loyalists.

Through all this apparent affair Linda carefully walks, and of course, comes out the undisputed winner when it is obvious that Gay is not going to elope with Amanda, who wants to run away.

Press Reviews

"Another must' on the play going curriculum."
— New York Journal American

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
CLEMENTINE an aggresive but good-natured African-American woman of about 40.	female	40	an aggresive but good-natured African-American woman of about 40.
LINDA a glamorous actress, a bit over 30. Sane, sensible, and witty.	female	30	a glamorous actress, a bit over 30. Sane, sensible, and witty.
GAYLORD a fine-looking, intelligent, sensitive man of 35-40.	male	40	a fine-looking, intelligent, sensitive man of 35-40.
PHILO between 45 and 50, quiet, keen-faced, pretty well possessed; he has made his major decisions in life and no longer permits himself to be agitated much about anything.	male	50	between 45 and 50, quiet, keen-faced, pretty well possessed; he has made his major decisions in life and no longer permits himself to be agitated much about anything.
ROBERT a tall, blond, impeccable butler.	male	—	a tall, blond, impeccable butler.
AMANDA quiet, slim and dark; she has what is known as a classic profile, of which she is aware and which she displays unobtrusively without ever a flourish. Her voice is gentle, low, musical.	female	—	quiet, slim and dark; she has what is known as a classic profile, of which she is aware and which she displays unobtrusively without ever a flourish. Her voice is gentle, low, musical.
MAKEPEACE LOVELL (PYM) an attractive, wryly humorous young Englishman, wearing a dinner-jacket. He has a distinguished ancestry, a small income and does odd journalism. Pym hasn't quite found himself-- he hovers pleasantly on the brink of this discover, feeling somehow it'll be more fun not ever quite to find out.	male	—	an attractive, wryly humorous young Englishman, wearing a dinner-jacket. He has a distinguished ancestry, a small income and does odd journalism. Pym hasn't quite found himself-- he hovers pleasantly on the brink of this discover, feeling somehow it'll be more fun not ever quite to find out.