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Playbill for Weekend
NY, Playbill, 1968. Playbill for Vidal's original two-act play, which opened and closed at the Broadhurst Theatre in March, 1968, after a total of 21 performances. John Forsythe starred. In the decade prior, Vidal had been on Broadway with Visit to a Small Planet and The Best Man, the latter of which was far more successful with this theme of personal values vs. political positioning. Vidal's Playbill biography mentions these plays, his novels from Williwaw to Myra Breckenridge, his work in the "Golden Age" of television, and also that as a Democrat-Liberal candidate for Congress in New York's (traditionally Republican) 29th District in 1960, "he got the most votes of any Democrat since 1910, running 20,000 votes ahead of John F. Kennedy." Mild rubbing and edge-sunning; near fine in stapled wrappers. Uncommon playbill for a short-lived production. [#029734] SOLD

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