![]() ![]() Highly uncommon signed, the more so with this combination of signatures. Written and premiered in 1975, just after the Nixon scandal and resignation, this play about the indomitably progressive Truman is surprisingly relevant again in our current political climate. Mitchell stars in this one-man show about the life of our 33rd President, Harry S. ![]() ![]() (He lost out to Jack Nicholson, who took home the Oscar that year for ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.) By late 1975, with the Whitmore version still in theaters, Nelson had already stepped into the role on stage, continuing for several years thereafter the date of the inscription in this book is December 6, 1975, although it's unclear who actually wrote that date. Give 'Em Hell Harry, by Samuel Gallu Gary E. The famous one-man biographical play about the 33rd President of the U.S., Harry S Truman, for which the playwright drew "upon material gathered in months of research at the Truman Library and upon interviews with friends, family, and colleagues of the late President," in order to present "an irresistible earful of Truman's own thoughts and comments on just about everything." James Whitmore was the original HST when the play premiered at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., in April 1975, and took it on the road for a six-city tour, during which it was videotaped converted to film and released theatrically, it earned Whitmore an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the playwright on the ffep, a humorous inscription making reference to actor Ed Nelson (who took over from the original lead, James Whitmore, in the national touring company of the play) additionally INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Nelson himself, just beneath Gallu's inscription. ![]()
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