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A [[fannish play]] by [[Art Widner]], as well as the story it was adapted from: [[Russell Chauvenet]]'s [[burlesque|parody]] of the [[Jack Williamson]] novel, ''The Legion of Space'', in which the hero's iron fortitude completes the cackle-cackle machine, saving the Earth.  
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A [[fannish play]] by [[Art Widner]], as well as the story it was adapted from: [[Russell Chauvenet]]'s [[burlesque|parody]] of the [[Jack Williamson]] 1934 novel, ''The Legion of Space'', in which the hero's iron fortitude completes the cackle-cackle machine, saving the Earth.  
  
 
It was performed as theater-in-the-round at [[Boskone II]] in 1942.  Scripts were handed out to the audience, who were happy to shout out prompts when the cast forgot its lines.
 
It was performed as theater-in-the-round at [[Boskone II]] in 1942.  Scripts were handed out to the audience, who were happy to shout out prompts when the cast forgot its lines.

Revision as of 06:11, 20 March 2021

A fannish play by Art Widner, as well as the story it was adapted from: Russell Chauvenet's parody of the Jack Williamson 1934 novel, The Legion of Space, in which the hero's iron fortitude completes the cackle-cackle machine, saving the Earth.

It was performed as theater-in-the-round at Boskone II in 1942. Scripts were handed out to the audience, who were happy to shout out prompts when the cast forgot its lines.


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