Monday 31 May 2010

'Hair' 40 Years On...

It's sad to hear that 'Hair' is closing in September - I will, of course, be seeing it again before it closes. As part of the show, the hippies invade the audience to hand out flowers and leaflets inviting us to join a be in and burn our draft cards. They also did this 40 years ago as part of the original show. How do I know? Well, I got hold of an original programme on eBay from the London run of the show from about 1970 and inside was a copy of the leaflet handed out to the audience.

The 1970 version has a big sun and a 'yip yip yip' and the 2010 version is a bit more obviously flower power. It's nice to see them both together - stylised hippy goods 40 years apart.

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