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musical. *
PETER HOWARD ana
ANTHONY HOWARD
starring
LELAND HOLLAND * ILENE GODFREY
CECIL BROADHURST * cast of 79 from 17 nations
PETER HOWARD
(Co-Author )
Peter Howard started his writing
career as a journalist with Lord
Beaverbrook, He was for many years
one of the most widely read political
columnists in the British press. He
captained England at Rugby football
and was a member of the British
bobsled team which won the world
championship in 1939. He married
Doris Metaxa, Wimbledon doubles
tennis champion. Their home is a
farm in Suffolk, England. They have
two sons and a daughter.
Peter Howard has become the
trusted friend of statesmen and of
thousands of ordinary men all over
the world.
His thirteen plays are known and
loved by millions through theatre and
television, Elizabeth Bergner of the
German theatre said, “These plays
are the most intelligent in the world
today and are the theaire of tomor-
row.” They have been created from
a deep insight into human nature and
from first-hand experience of world
events. His books have sold over
four million copies,
In 1955 the mmsical play, The
Vanishing Island, was seen by
twenty-two Heads of State and Prime
Ministers in nine months. Opening
in the National Theatre, Washington,
it was performed before fuli houses
in the principal cities of Asia, the
Middle East, East Africa and Europe,
finishing its tour at The Hippedrome
and the Princes Theatre, London.
Earlier this year Peter Howard’s
play Music at Midnight, starring
Nora Swinburne, played to audiences
totalling more than 100,000 in the
United States and Canada. following
219 performances in London and
other British cities. The play has
been filmed and will be released
shortly.
His most recent success in London,
Through The Garden Wall, head-
lined by The Times of London as
“hope for a divided world”, is cur-
rently playing at the Westminster
Theatre.
Peter Howard was the first West-
erner to be asked to speak at Tokyo’s
Waseda University this year.
Adenauer, Sukarno, Nehru and
Robert Kennedy -had preceded him
in addressing the university but the
verdict of professors and_ students
was that his address entitled “Beyond
Communism to Revolution” was one
of the finest ever heard.
ANTHONY HOWARD
(Co-Author )
Anthony Howard who is 24, is a
Suffolk farmer, freelance journalist
and writer. He is co-author of the
play Men Must Choose which toured
the United States in 1959, and the
musical, Miracle in the Sun (1960).
HERBERT ALLEN
(Musical Director )
Co-Com poser
Herbert Allen studied music under
John Hopper in his native Seattle,
where he had his own dance band.
One of America’s finest xylophonists,
JOHN SAYRE
(Astronaut Chief)
John Sayre was a member of the
four-oared crew without coxswain
that won a gold medal for the United
States at Rome in 1960. He stroked
the 1958 University of Washington
crew that was victorious in Moscow,
and was stroke of the 1960 Lake
Washington Rowing Club Olympic
champion crew. He was elected to
the Helms Rowing Hall of Fame.
His home is in Seattle, where he
was president of an investment com-
pany and a real estate broker, He is
27 years of age. married and has
two sons.
Featuring the Olympic stars
RICHARD WAILES
(Cosmonaut Chief)
Richard Wailes was a member with
Sayre of the four-oared crew that
won a gold medal at the Olympics in
Rome in 1960. He was also a mem-
ber of the 1956 Yale Olympic cham-
pion crew that won a gold medal
at Melbourne, He captained the 1958
undefeated Yale varsity crew. He has
been elected three times to the Helms
Rowing Hall of Fame.
Wailes. who also comes from Seattle,
is a program planning engineer with
Boeing Airplane Company. He is
27 years of age. married and has
two daughters.
he was heard weekly for seven years
over American radio and has ap-
peared on television and radio around
the world. The “Neue Zurcher
Zeitung” recently described him as a
virtuoso.
He is a member of ASCAP and
has composed over 200 songs. His
recording, Songs of Oklahoma, is a
favorite in the Southwest,
RICHARD HADDEN
(Orchestra Conductor )
Co-Com poser
Richard Hadden was born in East
Orange, New Jersey, and educated
at Rutgers and Princeton. He is
married to pianist-composer Frances
Roots Hadden with whom he has
performed as a duo-piano team in
many countries, and both are mem-
SPACE IS SO STARTLING
CHARACTERS
in order of appearance
Met 1 S666 escccsceesncsvesanssmcmemmmareencaanaucinsin LELAND HOLLAND
a Cole CECIL BROADHURST
Berea eres ens ors cann SERIE en ea Bolecaness ALFRED VONDERMUHLL
Astronaut Chief sesisssccecisiciencas occrnsseucssaeengernwrcasicccn JOHN SAYRE
Cosmonaut Chief oo....... 00.0... eccececeeccvveeeees RICHARD WAILES
Yo) | 01 =) cr ILENE GODFREY
FOHWGE ceisescesccssesswcsssaisce ia sett tUteESL RISES on onemesacearenvace DAVID ALLEN
Uncle Jim cocci ooc cc cccct cece evteeeeeeeesevebeeeeeeees BILL McLAUGHRY
Slo) ec LEENA LIUKKONEN
Twister-in-Chief ............ seo UAS VTEASERSESNY on boven eenennee HERBERT ALLEN
SQuatter-in- Chie sce sccccccressasseesnassnnasessaiusc duces TOM KENNEDY
Cosmonaut Premier .......0.....002...oo ooo cocoon MATTHEW MANSON
Pearly Kimg oo... ccc cece cece cect e te eeeveeveeeeeses HERBERT ALLEN
Pearly Queens ssuavsinusccsisccee: CHRIS CHANNER, FERNANDA SMITH
Scots: DaNnOrs: «..cccoiscencrsabencn ANNE, JANET, LESLEY HUTCHISON
AND ALISON WRIGHT
PGE | neve sense signe sn 5 de SOONERS ee bd ae ddiveneme neces FRANCES CAMERON
CONS cccssccsisvnsseecearssreencncuaveecass CHRIS CHANNER, FERNANDA SMITH
Lambs 0.00.0... cu... MARGOT CAMPBELL, AMARIE NATIVIDAD
REV, ... oj sncccacriteccrmecesuemserennnenrameyse mesinnssienemnesworacanreneneneeres TOM KENNEDY
DOG ieee vepsnintteetettttesttttettisssssssesesase.- HERBERT ALLEN
Oars ioe cece eevee bebe eee e ee veeetibeee teres JOHN SAYRE
Mountaineers .................... ...... RICHARD WAILES, BROR JONZON
TAP STEVEN, PAULI SNELLMAN
Cosmonauts, Astronauts, Generals, Commissars, Soldiers, Beatniks,
Twisters, Squatters, Examiners, A Cowboy, Hungry Men, Haters,
Lovers, Sporting Types, Police, Businessmen, Teachers — the
whole World.
Time — THE PRESENT
Place — ANY HUMAN HEART
Music by Herbert Allen, Richard Hadden and Cecil Broadhurst
Directed By Martin Fluetsch
Produced by MORAL RE-ARMAMENT
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Act 1
Mir: ods: SONG... --concs3535555 seats site seds tev osctenneaneceneesnemnnerenees MR. NOD
Sleep On; Dream O’ sesesiesssicccisnsimnccnscmenanvscts MR. NOD
RSE ME IIEB ccsscvessnsencs unasseaanmcnnmnannenmnasennnennady CHORUS
The Ideal Spot 00.0. UNCLE JIM & SONYA
Why Worry? occeecnv scree ebE bias nseanrenenttanates LLilgntesistquseave ceeseee | WISTERS
It Would Help A Lot To Squat 20.0. SQUATTERS
Wake Up, Your Dreams May Yet Come True |... MR. NOD
Space Is So Startling o.oo e eee MAN IN SPACE
Hi BeA Sort OF Uncle Te VOU wiicsesscssccccapsanasccaie MAN IN SPACE
Any MOiiett NOW soins ccsecmanacmianaemaarinn COSMONAUT WORLD
Scotland The Brave .......-er--emeenesns cme ASTRONAUT WORLD
We've Got To Be First 0. ce, ASTRONAUT WORLD
An Astronaut Is Just Like Us ........ UNCLE JIM & ASTRONAUT WORLD
sid 18 Ar EINES cc ccesscsmiennthscassseaeynncecem irene. ASTRONAUT CHIEF &
ASTRONAUT WORLD
Whoever Dares To Point A Finger 0... ASTRONAUT &
COSMONAUT WORLDS
What Do The Eyes of The Millions Seek? .. MR. NOD & CHORUS
Have You A Place For Me Up There? .200000.oooocccccoccecccecceeeeveveeees GIRL
HORS scrccrcaxesiacansnmansaoim MOTHER, FATHER, SONYA & UNCLE JIM
Intermission
Act Il
Spartenian (OF The! WOM cccsssscisscresanaccsiemaasnannwninmannnes CHORUS
We're Scaling The Flanks of Mount Communism ................. CHORUS
Neighbors Are Neighbors 00. MR. NOD
The World Can Be One Family... ....... MAN IN SPACE & CHORUS
Space Is So Startling MAN IN SPACE & CHORUS
What We Need Is An End To Anti
UNCLE JIM & CHORUS
Where's That Basket? .....ccomnemewsneeemonaay, _....... CHORUS
Do You See What | See? . cinasinerieanainsnccnaecrdMGT ER
One Plus One Can Yet Make One ...... MOTHER, FATHER, SONYA
UNCLE JIM, BOY & CHORUS
Peace Be Upon You cs MOTHER
RGBNGGS 55 cscsnaniemiincmaannmuyene THE WHOLE WORLD
WHO'S WHOIN THE CAST
LELAND HOLLAND
(Man in Space)
Leland Holland made his first ma-
jor stage appearance in 1948 in the
baritone lead of the musical revue,
The Good Road at Her Majesty’s
Theatre, London. Two years later
Variety named him one of the out-
standing singing stars of the Broad-
way season, for his role in Jotham
Valley. In 1955 he starred in The
Vanishing Island, which premiered
in the National Theatre, Washington,
and ended a world tour in The Princes
Theatre. London. He has performed
in more than thirty countries on
four continents.
Leland Holland comes from Los
Angeles, California. During World
War II he served as a combat infan-
tryman in General Patton’s Third
Army.
ILENE GODFREY
(Mother )
Ilene Godfrey started to study
singing at the age of twelve with
Marie Partrige Price of Berkeley, Cal-
ifornia. She gave her first recital at
the age of fourteen. She won a
scholarship to the Santa Barbara
Academy of Music and later became
a soloist with the Berkeley Chamber
singers. She has starred in musicals
on Broadway. in London and in many
other parts of the world, Among them
are Jotham Valley, The Vanishing
Island and Pickle Hill. Miss Godfrey
has also played in featured roles in
the American productions of The
Ladder and He Was Not There.
RICHARD HADDEN (cont'd)
bers of ASCAP.
He studied piano with Maxwell
MacMichael and the noted accom-
panist George Vause; harmony with
Howard D. McKinney and John
Finley Williamson. He composed the
prize-winning Rutgers University
football song. The Bells Must Ring,
music and theme songs for the war-
time victory revues, You Can De-
fend America, Battle Together For
Britain and Pull Together Canada,
as well as music for The Good Road
(1947). Take It To The World (1951)
and Turning Of The Tide (1958).
WHO'S WHOIN THE CAST
, ~~ fs zy
CECIL BROADHURST
(Mr. Nod)
Co-Composer
Cecil Broadhurst who plays Mr.
Nod, was a one-time ranch-hand and
bush pilot. Born in Canada, his
first stage role was in the 1933
Canadian production of | Sutton
Vane’s Outward Bound, Before the
war he worked on the radio and
produced and featured in his own
programs on Canadian networks. He
worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in
Hollywood and featured in Youth
Marches On and recently in The
Crowning Experience, In_ 1945
Broadhurst, who is a member of
A.S.C.A.P., wrote the musical play,
The Cowboy Christmas, which is
staged annually in many parts of the
world. Its theme song, The Cowboy
Carol, which he wrote, is well known
to millions in Britain as a popular
feature at the Royal Albert Hall
Christmas concerts by the Royal
Choral Society under Sir Malcolm
Sargent. He wrote and co-starred in
the musical, Jotham Valley. on
Broadway, across America and then
through Asia. In 1961 he played in
The Ladder at the Westminster
Theatre. London. and then toured
Britain with the production.
With the whole cast of Space Is
So Startling, Broadhurst was on
Japanese National Television which
sent the musical to an estimated
viewing audience of 15 million.
STAFF
..... Donald P. Birdsall
Company Manager |...........00000....George Ford
General Manager .......
Press Representative ............Derathi Bock Pierre
Assistant to the General Manager
General Auditor |.......................Erik H, Petersen
Barbara Menninger
Mary Eastman
Staff Secretaries —,
Stage Manager oo.......-.-----Keith Hanning
Assistant Stage Manager ..................Jack Hipps
Assistant Stage Manager ......Chris Borchgrevink
sevens Lewis L. Smith
... Clarence Wells
Master Carpenter ...........
Master Electrician .....
Master of Properties ..........0........Joe Bowers
Wardrobe Mistress ....................Jean Clarke
House Manager ..............0........Guy Livingston
CREDITS
Silks by Kanebo, Tokyo; Dresses by the School
of Chio Tanaka, dressmaker to the Imperial
Family of Japan; Hats by Mitsuyasu of ‘Les
Belles Modes,’ Tokyo; Men’s costumes and all
accessories by Mitsukoshi Department Store, To-
kyo; Shoes by Norvic Shoe Co. Lid., London;
Individual costumes by Grieder of Zurich.
Volkswagen courtesy of Charles Street Garage,
Boston.
Miss Godfrey's and Miss Liukkonen’s dresses by
Athena of Beverly Hills, California.
Special lighting effects by Zeiss Ikon, Germany;
Lighting bridge by Aluminum 5S. A., Switzer-
land.
Stage Setting Designed by Miss Chen Wen, Re-
public of China.
Orchestration of “I'll Be A Sort of Uncle”
John Lesco
Orchestration of “Ideal Spot’ ........ Brian Cooke
Album of songs from
the show recorded by
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space-age.
musical. *
PETER HOWARD ana
ANTHONY HOWARD
starring
LELAND HOLLAND * ILENE GODFREY
CECIL BROADHURST * cast of 79 from 17 nations
PETER HOWARD
(Co-Author )
Peter Howard started his writing
career as a journalist with Lord
Beaverbrook, He was for many years
one of the most widely read political
columnists in the British press. He
captained England at Rugby football
and was a member of the British
bobsled team which won the world
championship in 1939. He married
Doris Metaxa, Wimbledon doubles
tennis champion. Their home is a
farm in Suffolk, England. They have
two sons and a daughter.
Peter Howard has become the
trusted friend of statesmen and of
thousands of ordinary men all over
the world.
His thirteen plays are known and
loved by millions through theatre and
television, Elizabeth Bergner of the
German theatre said, “These plays
are the most intelligent in the world
today and are the theaire of tomor-
row.” They have been created from
a deep insight into human nature and
from first-hand experience of world
events. His books have sold over
four million copies,
In 1955 the mmsical play, The
Vanishing Island, was seen by
twenty-two Heads of State and Prime
Ministers in nine months. Opening
in the National Theatre, Washington,
it was performed before fuli houses
in the principal cities of Asia, the
Middle East, East Africa and Europe,
finishing its tour at The Hippedrome
and the Princes Theatre, London.
Earlier this year Peter Howard’s
play Music at Midnight, starring
Nora Swinburne, played to audiences
totalling more than 100,000 in the
United States and Canada. following
219 performances in London and
other British cities. The play has
been filmed and will be released
shortly.
His most recent success in London,
Through The Garden Wall, head-
lined by The Times of London as
“hope for a divided world”, is cur-
rently playing at the Westminster
Theatre.
Peter Howard was the first West-
erner to be asked to speak at Tokyo’s
Waseda University this year.
Adenauer, Sukarno, Nehru and
Robert Kennedy -had preceded him
in addressing the university but the
verdict of professors and_ students
was that his address entitled “Beyond
Communism to Revolution” was one
of the finest ever heard.
ANTHONY HOWARD
(Co-Author )
Anthony Howard who is 24, is a
Suffolk farmer, freelance journalist
and writer. He is co-author of the
play Men Must Choose which toured
the United States in 1959, and the
musical, Miracle in the Sun (1960).
HERBERT ALLEN
(Musical Director )
Co-Com poser
Herbert Allen studied music under
John Hopper in his native Seattle,
where he had his own dance band.
One of America’s finest xylophonists,
JOHN SAYRE
(Astronaut Chief)
John Sayre was a member of the
four-oared crew without coxswain
that won a gold medal for the United
States at Rome in 1960. He stroked
the 1958 University of Washington
crew that was victorious in Moscow,
and was stroke of the 1960 Lake
Washington Rowing Club Olympic
champion crew. He was elected to
the Helms Rowing Hall of Fame.
His home is in Seattle, where he
was president of an investment com-
pany and a real estate broker, He is
27 years of age. married and has
two sons.
Featuring the Olympic stars
RICHARD WAILES
(Cosmonaut Chief)
Richard Wailes was a member with
Sayre of the four-oared crew that
won a gold medal at the Olympics in
Rome in 1960. He was also a mem-
ber of the 1956 Yale Olympic cham-
pion crew that won a gold medal
at Melbourne, He captained the 1958
undefeated Yale varsity crew. He has
been elected three times to the Helms
Rowing Hall of Fame.
Wailes. who also comes from Seattle,
is a program planning engineer with
Boeing Airplane Company. He is
27 years of age. married and has
two daughters.
he was heard weekly for seven years
over American radio and has ap-
peared on television and radio around
the world. The “Neue Zurcher
Zeitung” recently described him as a
virtuoso.
He is a member of ASCAP and
has composed over 200 songs. His
recording, Songs of Oklahoma, is a
favorite in the Southwest,
RICHARD HADDEN
(Orchestra Conductor )
Co-Com poser
Richard Hadden was born in East
Orange, New Jersey, and educated
at Rutgers and Princeton. He is
married to pianist-composer Frances
Roots Hadden with whom he has
performed as a duo-piano team in
many countries, and both are mem-
SPACE IS SO STARTLING
CHARACTERS
in order of appearance
Met 1 S666 escccsceesncsvesanssmcmemmmareencaanaucinsin LELAND HOLLAND
a Cole CECIL BROADHURST
Berea eres ens ors cann SERIE en ea Bolecaness ALFRED VONDERMUHLL
Astronaut Chief sesisssccecisiciencas occrnsseucssaeengernwrcasicccn JOHN SAYRE
Cosmonaut Chief oo....... 00.0... eccececeeccvveeeees RICHARD WAILES
Yo) | 01 =) cr ILENE GODFREY
FOHWGE ceisescesccssesswcsssaisce ia sett tUteESL RISES on onemesacearenvace DAVID ALLEN
Uncle Jim cocci ooc cc cccct cece evteeeeeeeesevebeeeeeeees BILL McLAUGHRY
Slo) ec LEENA LIUKKONEN
Twister-in-Chief ............ seo UAS VTEASERSESNY on boven eenennee HERBERT ALLEN
SQuatter-in- Chie sce sccccccressasseesnassnnasessaiusc duces TOM KENNEDY
Cosmonaut Premier .......0.....002...oo ooo cocoon MATTHEW MANSON
Pearly Kimg oo... ccc cece cece cect e te eeeveeveeeeeses HERBERT ALLEN
Pearly Queens ssuavsinusccsisccee: CHRIS CHANNER, FERNANDA SMITH
Scots: DaNnOrs: «..cccoiscencrsabencn ANNE, JANET, LESLEY HUTCHISON
AND ALISON WRIGHT
PGE | neve sense signe sn 5 de SOONERS ee bd ae ddiveneme neces FRANCES CAMERON
CONS cccssccsisvnsseecearssreencncuaveecass CHRIS CHANNER, FERNANDA SMITH
Lambs 0.00.0... cu... MARGOT CAMPBELL, AMARIE NATIVIDAD
REV, ... oj sncccacriteccrmecesuemserennnenrameyse mesinnssienemnesworacanreneneneeres TOM KENNEDY
DOG ieee vepsnintteetettttesttttettisssssssesesase.- HERBERT ALLEN
Oars ioe cece eevee bebe eee e ee veeetibeee teres JOHN SAYRE
Mountaineers .................... ...... RICHARD WAILES, BROR JONZON
TAP STEVEN, PAULI SNELLMAN
Cosmonauts, Astronauts, Generals, Commissars, Soldiers, Beatniks,
Twisters, Squatters, Examiners, A Cowboy, Hungry Men, Haters,
Lovers, Sporting Types, Police, Businessmen, Teachers — the
whole World.
Time — THE PRESENT
Place — ANY HUMAN HEART
Music by Herbert Allen, Richard Hadden and Cecil Broadhurst
Directed By Martin Fluetsch
Produced by MORAL RE-ARMAMENT
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Act 1
Mir: ods: SONG... --concs3535555 seats site seds tev osctenneaneceneesnemnnerenees MR. NOD
Sleep On; Dream O’ sesesiesssicccisnsimnccnscmenanvscts MR. NOD
RSE ME IIEB ccsscvessnsencs unasseaanmcnnmnannenmnasennnennady CHORUS
The Ideal Spot 00.0. UNCLE JIM & SONYA
Why Worry? occeecnv scree ebE bias nseanrenenttanates LLilgntesistquseave ceeseee | WISTERS
It Would Help A Lot To Squat 20.0. SQUATTERS
Wake Up, Your Dreams May Yet Come True |... MR. NOD
Space Is So Startling o.oo e eee MAN IN SPACE
Hi BeA Sort OF Uncle Te VOU wiicsesscssccccapsanasccaie MAN IN SPACE
Any MOiiett NOW soins ccsecmanacmianaemaarinn COSMONAUT WORLD
Scotland The Brave .......-er--emeenesns cme ASTRONAUT WORLD
We've Got To Be First 0. ce, ASTRONAUT WORLD
An Astronaut Is Just Like Us ........ UNCLE JIM & ASTRONAUT WORLD
sid 18 Ar EINES cc ccesscsmiennthscassseaeynncecem irene. ASTRONAUT CHIEF &
ASTRONAUT WORLD
Whoever Dares To Point A Finger 0... ASTRONAUT &
COSMONAUT WORLDS
What Do The Eyes of The Millions Seek? .. MR. NOD & CHORUS
Have You A Place For Me Up There? .200000.oooocccccoccecccecceeeeveveeees GIRL
HORS scrccrcaxesiacansnmansaoim MOTHER, FATHER, SONYA & UNCLE JIM
Intermission
Act Il
Spartenian (OF The! WOM cccsssscisscresanaccsiemaasnannwninmannnes CHORUS
We're Scaling The Flanks of Mount Communism ................. CHORUS
Neighbors Are Neighbors 00. MR. NOD
The World Can Be One Family... ....... MAN IN SPACE & CHORUS
Space Is So Startling MAN IN SPACE & CHORUS
What We Need Is An End To Anti
UNCLE JIM & CHORUS
Where's That Basket? .....ccomnemewsneeemonaay, _....... CHORUS
Do You See What | See? . cinasinerieanainsnccnaecrdMGT ER
One Plus One Can Yet Make One ...... MOTHER, FATHER, SONYA
UNCLE JIM, BOY & CHORUS
Peace Be Upon You cs MOTHER
RGBNGGS 55 cscsnaniemiincmaannmuyene THE WHOLE WORLD
WHO'S WHOIN THE CAST
LELAND HOLLAND
(Man in Space)
Leland Holland made his first ma-
jor stage appearance in 1948 in the
baritone lead of the musical revue,
The Good Road at Her Majesty’s
Theatre, London. Two years later
Variety named him one of the out-
standing singing stars of the Broad-
way season, for his role in Jotham
Valley. In 1955 he starred in The
Vanishing Island, which premiered
in the National Theatre, Washington,
and ended a world tour in The Princes
Theatre. London. He has performed
in more than thirty countries on
four continents.
Leland Holland comes from Los
Angeles, California. During World
War II he served as a combat infan-
tryman in General Patton’s Third
Army.
ILENE GODFREY
(Mother )
Ilene Godfrey started to study
singing at the age of twelve with
Marie Partrige Price of Berkeley, Cal-
ifornia. She gave her first recital at
the age of fourteen. She won a
scholarship to the Santa Barbara
Academy of Music and later became
a soloist with the Berkeley Chamber
singers. She has starred in musicals
on Broadway. in London and in many
other parts of the world, Among them
are Jotham Valley, The Vanishing
Island and Pickle Hill. Miss Godfrey
has also played in featured roles in
the American productions of The
Ladder and He Was Not There.
RICHARD HADDEN (cont'd)
bers of ASCAP.
He studied piano with Maxwell
MacMichael and the noted accom-
panist George Vause; harmony with
Howard D. McKinney and John
Finley Williamson. He composed the
prize-winning Rutgers University
football song. The Bells Must Ring,
music and theme songs for the war-
time victory revues, You Can De-
fend America, Battle Together For
Britain and Pull Together Canada,
as well as music for The Good Road
(1947). Take It To The World (1951)
and Turning Of The Tide (1958).
WHO'S WHOIN THE CAST
, ~~ fs zy
CECIL BROADHURST
(Mr. Nod)
Co-Composer
Cecil Broadhurst who plays Mr.
Nod, was a one-time ranch-hand and
bush pilot. Born in Canada, his
first stage role was in the 1933
Canadian production of | Sutton
Vane’s Outward Bound, Before the
war he worked on the radio and
produced and featured in his own
programs on Canadian networks. He
worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in
Hollywood and featured in Youth
Marches On and recently in The
Crowning Experience, In_ 1945
Broadhurst, who is a member of
A.S.C.A.P., wrote the musical play,
The Cowboy Christmas, which is
staged annually in many parts of the
world. Its theme song, The Cowboy
Carol, which he wrote, is well known
to millions in Britain as a popular
feature at the Royal Albert Hall
Christmas concerts by the Royal
Choral Society under Sir Malcolm
Sargent. He wrote and co-starred in
the musical, Jotham Valley. on
Broadway, across America and then
through Asia. In 1961 he played in
The Ladder at the Westminster
Theatre. London. and then toured
Britain with the production.
With the whole cast of Space Is
So Startling, Broadhurst was on
Japanese National Television which
sent the musical to an estimated
viewing audience of 15 million.
STAFF
..... Donald P. Birdsall
Company Manager |...........00000....George Ford
General Manager .......
Press Representative ............Derathi Bock Pierre
Assistant to the General Manager
General Auditor |.......................Erik H, Petersen
Barbara Menninger
Mary Eastman
Staff Secretaries —,
Stage Manager oo.......-.-----Keith Hanning
Assistant Stage Manager ..................Jack Hipps
Assistant Stage Manager ......Chris Borchgrevink
sevens Lewis L. Smith
... Clarence Wells
Master Carpenter ...........
Master Electrician .....
Master of Properties ..........0........Joe Bowers
Wardrobe Mistress ....................Jean Clarke
House Manager ..............0........Guy Livingston
CREDITS
Silks by Kanebo, Tokyo; Dresses by the School
of Chio Tanaka, dressmaker to the Imperial
Family of Japan; Hats by Mitsuyasu of ‘Les
Belles Modes,’ Tokyo; Men’s costumes and all
accessories by Mitsukoshi Department Store, To-
kyo; Shoes by Norvic Shoe Co. Lid., London;
Individual costumes by Grieder of Zurich.
Volkswagen courtesy of Charles Street Garage,
Boston.
Miss Godfrey's and Miss Liukkonen’s dresses by
Athena of Beverly Hills, California.
Special lighting effects by Zeiss Ikon, Germany;
Lighting bridge by Aluminum 5S. A., Switzer-
land.
Stage Setting Designed by Miss Chen Wen, Re-
public of China.
Orchestration of “I'll Be A Sort of Uncle”
John Lesco
Orchestration of “Ideal Spot’ ........ Brian Cooke
Album of songs from
the show recorded by
MONO $4.00 STEREO $5.00
ON SALE IN THE THEATER LOBBY OR FROM:
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