No Time For Sergeants
by Mac Hyman, Ira Levin

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120 mins Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Flexible Cast Size Unit Set/Multiple Settings Comedy

Synopsis

THE STORY: NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS' central figure is a husky and good-natured hillbilly who finally gets into the Air Force despite his father's propensity for tearing up his draft papers.

His determination to be transferred to the infantry soon spe

Press Reviews

"One of the funniest plays ever seen on Broadway, with a warm and affectionate quality that is rare in comedies. “Take a simple and lovable innocent, guileless, gullible and without malice, and place him in juxtaposition to the pompous earnestness of military discipline and bureaucracy, and you have the springboard for mockery that can be both devastating and heartwarming…its gift for uproarious lampooning is matched only by its genial good nature."

— New York Post

Publication

Year 1958
Binding Paperback
Edition 8th
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822208297
ISBN-10 0822208296

No Time For Sergeants is a comedy play written by Mac Hyman and published by Dramatists Play Service (1958).

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