Hair Programme

This is from 1968. Several of the songs were well known by the time the show opened in London. The delay was because the show had to wait for the removal of the archaic theatre censorship laws which were in place until then. There was nudity. There was a song called ‘Sodomy’. This would have been shocking in 1967 but in 1968 it was OK. Looking at the list of musical numbers I am surprised at how many of the songs are now completely unknown. There have been revivals but it was a show of its time and doesn’t speak to a modern audience as it did to us hippies back then. Some now notable names in the chorus – Elaine Page, Tim Curry, Murray Head. As usual, most of the ads are for fags, booze and restaurants, although I am wondering if you can still get hold of the pills advertised on page 5.

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