No Time for Comedy 1939, and ran for 179 performances. The cast included Laurence Olivier as Gaylord Esterbrook and Katharine Cornell as Linda Paige, and was directed by Cornell's husband Guthrie McClintic. Olivier starred in this play in New York while his lover, Vivien Leigh, was filming "Gone With the Wind" in Hollywood, causing Leigh stress due to their separation, and according to GWTW lore, influenced her portrayal as Scarlett O'Hara and according to her personal assistant at the time, hurry production so she could be reunited with him. No Time for Comedy No Time for Comedy is a 1940 American comedy-drama film based
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