Helen Hayes "WHITE HOUSE" Fritz Weaver / Gene Wilder 1964 FLOP Tryout Playbill

This is a rare May 1964 playbill (with three original ticket stubs) from the Pre-Broadway tryout of the A. E. HOTCHNER play with music "THE WHITE HOUSE" at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (The production would open May 19th, 1964 at Henry Miller's Theatre in New York City and close after only 23 performances.) ..... The play starred HELEN HAYES (in multiple roles as Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mary Todd Lincoln and seven other characters), FRITZ WEAVER (as Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Captain Sigsbee and Woodrow Wilson) and JAMES DALY (as George Washington, James Monroe, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt) and featured GENE WILDER, SORRELL BOOKE, ERIC BERRY, MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN, BETTE HENRITZE, EUGENE ROCHE and NANCY FRANKLIN ..... CREDITS: Book by A. E. HOTCHNER; Music composed by LEE HOIBY; Original Lyrics by A. E. HOTCHNER; Sets and Costumes designed by ED WITTSTEIN; Directed by HENRY KAPLAN; Produced by GILBERT MILLER, HELEN BONFILS and MORTON GOTTLIEB ..... DETAILS: The 46 page playbill measures 6" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes and bios of each of the actors and members of the creative team as well as individual head shots of each cast member. Includes three loose Forrest Theatre ticket stubs from the May 5th, 1964 performance ..... BONUS: The playbill includes a full page illustration of ETHEL MERMAN and then husband ERNEST BORGNINE in Noel Coward's "Private Lives", number 3 in the AL HIRSCHFELD series "Unlikely Casting" (third scanned image) ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear and a light vertical crease, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any theatre aficionado or historian ..... Check my "Other Au