RUE McCLANAHAN MAC BIRD! Barbara Garson Evergreen Showcard Playbill 1967

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Good condition.  8 pages.
This is the
August 29th, 1967
Evergreen Showcard playbill from the Original Off-Broadway production of the BARBARA GARSON play "MACBIRD!" featuring WAYNE TIPPIT as "MacBird" and RUE McCLANAHAN (The Golden Girls) as "Lady MacBird"
at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
Excerpted
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MacBird!
is a 1967 satire by Barbara Garson. The play superimposes the John F. Kennedy assassination onto the plot of Shakespeare's
Macbeth
.
In the play, Kennedy becomes "John Ken O'Dunc", Lyndon Johnson becomes "MacBird", Lady Bird Johnson becomes "Lady MacBird", etc. As Macbeth assassinates Duncan, so MacBird assassinates Ken O'Dunc. As Macbeth is defeated by Macduff, so MacBird is defeated by Robert Ken O'Dunc (Robert F. Kennedy). The plot is also influenced by the Three Witches, representing Students, Blacks, and Leftists.
The play, which opened just three years after Kennedy's assassination, was controversial. Some believe that authorities pressured theaters in New York City against producing the play. The Village Gate was the only theater willing to defy this pressure.
Macbird!
opened there on February 22, 1967, and closed on January 21, 1968, after 386 performances.
Levine, who worked with Garson to develop the sketch to a full-length play, was the original director of
Macbird!
His bold theatrical vision marked the production throughout the run, though, near the end of the previews, he was replaced by Gerald Freedman. Set design was by Clarke Dunham, costumes were by Jeanne Button, and lights were by Robert Brand. Joel Zwick was the stage manager.