Foot in the Mouth Trilogy: Mai Lai / Kent State / Manson
1972 · Ode SP-77015 · West Point, New York
- Artist
- Gore Vidal
- Title
- Foot in the Mouth Trilogy: Mai Lai / Kent State / Manson
- Release
- An Evening With Richard Nixon
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Ode # SP-77015
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- West Point, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Gore Vidal
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Spoken Word
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Notes
Original cast recording of Vidal's play (Shubert Theatre, 30 April-13 May 1972), Nixon played by George S. Irving; cast includes Susan Sarandon. Segment timings: Mai Lai 2:00 / Kent State 2:37 / Manson 2:01. "Mai Lai" spelling as printed.
About the artist
Gore Vidal, born 3 October 1925 at West Point, New York; died 31 July 2012 in Los Angeles. Novelist, essayist, playwright and public intellectual known for his critiques of American politics. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
My Lai · Kent State · Nixon · Satire