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{{short description|1967 farce}}
{{For|the film|Not Now, Darling (film)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{unreferenced|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox play
| name       = Not Now
| image      = 
| caption    = 
| writer     = [[John Chapman (screenwriter)|John Chapman]]<br />[[Ray Cooney]]
| genre      = [[Comedy]]
| setting    = 
| subject    = 
| premiere   = 1967  
| place      = [[Richmond Theatre (London)|Richmond Theatre]], [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], England
| orig_lang  = English
| web        = 
}}
'''''Not Now, Darling''''' is a 1967 [[farce]] written by English playwrights [[John Chapman (screenwriter)|John Chapman]] and [[Ray Cooney]], first staged at the [[Richmond Theatre (London)|Richmond Theatre]], in [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], England prior to a long [[West End theatre|West End]] run. The production starred [[Donald Sinden]] and [[Bernard Cribbins]], with [[Jill Melford]], [[Mary Kenton]], [[Brian Wilde]], [[Carmel McSharry]] and [[Ann Sidney]].

It was adapted as a film in 1973; later in the decade, it made the rounds of US dinner theatres under the title "Make Mine Mink" (no relation to the 1960 film [[Make Mine Mink | of the same name]]).

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Cooney | first=Ray |author2=Chapman, John Roy  | title=Not Now, Darling; A Comedy | edition=First | series=Guild library | location=London | publisher=English Theatre Guild | year=1970 | oclc=142907}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Not Now, Darling}}
* {{IBDB title|3093}}
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q7062143|title=Not Now, Darling|description=(film)}}

[[Category:1967 plays]]
[[Category:Broadway plays]]
[[Category:Comedy plays]]
[[Category:Plays by Ray Cooney]]
[[Category:Plays by John Chapman]]
[[Category:West End plays]]
[[Category:Collaborative plays]]


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