‘GIVE ’EM HELL, HARRY’ PLAY SHOWS 1 NIGHT ONLY

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Clifton Truman Daniel stars in ‘Give 'Em Hell, Harry!’ Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Harry S. Truman Little White House. CAROL TEDESCO/Contributed

Actor Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of President Harry S. Truman, returns to Key West to take the stage on Tuesday, Nov. 19, to star in the stage production, “Give ’Em Hell, Harry!” A companion event of the Nov. 18 Truman Legacy Symposium, the performance will be held on the grounds of the Harry S. Truman Little White House, 111 Front St. Doors open at 4 p.m.; performance begins at 4:30 p.m.

Written by Samuel Gallu, the stage production of “Give ’Em Hell Harry!” premiered at Washington D.C.’s Ford’s Theatre in 1975. Daniel, a professional actor with more than a dozen stage and TV credits, has been starring in the one-man show since 2017. He is the first direct descendant to portray a presidential ancestor in a stage production of this kind. 
More information is at trumanlittlewhitehouse.org/foundation/events/.

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Clifton Truman Daniel stars in “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry!” Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Harry S. Truman Little White House. CONTRIBUTED