Time for Elizabeth

Time for Elizabeth
Written by	Norman Krasna Groucho Marx
Date premiered	1947
Original language	English

Time for Elizabeth is a play written by Norman Krasna and Groucho Marx.^[1]

Krasna and Marx were good friends and Krasna says writing it took 10-15 years.^[2]

The original Broadway production was directed by Krasna, starred Otto Kruger and only ran for 8 performances. However film rights were sold to Warner Bros for $500,000.^[3]

It was adapted for TV in 1964.^[4]

References

↑ AT THE THEATRE: OTTO KRUGER APPEARS IN A NEW COMEDY BY NORMAN KRASNA AND GROUCHO MARX By BROOKS ATKINSON. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 28 Sep 1948: 32.
↑
- McGilligan, Patrick, "Norman Krasna: The Woolworth's Touch", Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age, University of California Press,1986 p218
↑ Looking at Hollywood: Comedian Marx Sells Self, Play for $500,000! What Fun! Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) [Chicago, Ill] 06 Oct 1955: c5.
↑ Time for Elizabeth at IMDB

External links

Time for Elizabeth at the Internet Broadway Database
Time for Elizabeth at Playbill

Works by Norman Krasna

Plays	Louder, Please (1932) Small Miracle (1934) The Man with Blond Hair (1941) Dear Ruth (1945) John Loves Mary (1947) Time for Elizabeth (1949) Kind Sir (1954) Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? (1958) Sunday in New York (1962) Love in E-Flat (1967) Watch the Birdie! (1969) Bunny (1970) We Interrupt This Program... (1975)

Films	Hollywood Speaks (1932) That's My Boy (1932) So This Is Africa (1933) Parole Girl (1933) Love, Honor, and Oh Baby! (1933) Bombshell (1933) Meet the Baron (1933) The Richest Girl in the World (1934) Romance in Manhattan (1935) Hands Across the Table (1935) Four Hours to Kill! (1935) Wife vs. Secretary (1936) Fury (1936) The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) As Good as Married (1937) Big City (1937) (also producer) The First Hundred Years (1938) (also producer) You and Me (1938) Bachelor Mother (1939) It's a Date (1940) The Flame of New Orleans (1941) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) It Started with Eve (1941) Princess O'Rourke (1943) (also director) Bride by Mistake (1944) (original story) Practically Yours (1944) The Big Hangover (1950) (also director) Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) Behave Yourself! (1951) (producer only) The Blue Veil (1951) (producer only) Clash by Night (1952) (producer only) The Lusty Men (1952) (producer only) White Christmas (1954) Bundle of Joy (1956) The Ambassador's Daughter (1956) (also director) Indiscreet (1958) Let's Make Love (1960) Who Was That Lady? (1960) My Geisha (1962) Sunday in New York (1963) I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)

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