Alice Ormsby-Gore starred in Israel’s musical “Hair” (שיער) which opened on June 1 1970 at the "Oasis" Theatre, Israel.
She was engaged to Eric Clapton, but from December 1969 to March 1970, however, he had an affair with Paula Boyd, Pattie Boyd’s younger sister, in order to reach her.
Alice, now eighteen, had developed theatrical aspirations and, during their separation, had won a part in an Israeli production of the “tribal rock musical” Hair. She sung the “Black Boys” song. She recalls: “I just went to the audition in London and got the part (...) I had to learn Hebrew and ended up spending several months in a fishing village on the Sea of Galilee.”
This picture from the stage program comes from this site and we can see Alice on the 5th picture, on the left of the page, but we cannot translate the information given.
The production was directed by Patrick Garland and co-produced by Reudor Wardimon. The musical director was Steve Gillette and the choreographer was Oliver Tobias. The music was by Galt Macdermott and the lyrics by George Rangi and James Rado, translated by Ehud Manor. When the show’s run ended, the returned to the very different milieu of Hurtwood Edge with Clapton.
In early May 1972, she stood on Central Park's band shell to deliver the “welcoming remarks” at the fourth birthday celebration of the Broadway production of Hair, which took place on May 7th Central Park’s Mall at 2 p.m. and consisted in a free two-hour concert with frisbees, flowers, baloons, and cast members imported from foreign companies, including Alice from Israel and Chris Jagger (Mick’s brother) from London. Here’s the program from Hair’s 4th birthday party.
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