This is a rare single page advertising handbill (flyer) promoting the American Premiere of the PETER and ANTHONY HOWARD musical flop "SPACE IS SO STARTLING!" at John Hancock Hall in Boston, Massachusetts beginning September 5th, 1963. (Following a world tour which included stops in West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, India and Japan, the obscure British import opened September 5th, 1963 in Boston and closed there September 21st, 1963, canceling the proposed Broadway opening.) ..... Setting the search for meaning, which characterized the 1960's, against the background of the superpowers' race for space, the musical starred LELAND HOLLAND, ILENE GODFREY and CECIL BROADHURST and featured U.S. Olympic Gold Medal winners RICHARD "Rusty" WAILES and JOHN SAYRE among a cast of 99 (which included "Cosmonauts, Astronauts, Generals, Commissars, Soldiers, Beatniks, Twisters, Squatters, Examiners, a Cowboy, Hungry Men, Haters, Lovers, Sporting Types, Police, Businessmen, Teachers - the whole World." (Reprinted from the Boston Playbill.) ..... CREDITS: Book and Lyrics by PETER and ANTHONY HOWARD; Music by HERBERT ALLEN, RICHARD HADDEN and CECIL BROADHURST; Orchestra Conducted by RICHARD HADDEN; Directed by MARTIN FLUETSCH; Produced by MORAL RE-ARMAMENT  ..... DETAILS: Advertising handbills (heralds) were distributed or inserted into the playbills of other productions to help generate ticket sales for upcoming shows. This single page, two-sided handbill measures 6" X 9" inches and includes production credits and wonderful graphics on the front and excerpts from several reviews, a ticket order form and promotional text on the backside ..... CONDITION: This rare handbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.

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