SHERMAN EDWARDS (1919 - 1981)
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Sherman Edwards
1776 |
| 1st Produced: | 46th Street Theater, New York, NY | 1969 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (48215) | 1969 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | book by Peter Stone; music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards | |||||
| Synopsis: | we actually doubt that John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson are going to pull off this idea of theirs of declaring independence from England. And when at last they succeed and they and sixteen of their colleagues in the Continental Congress come forward to sign the Declaration, we are genuinely moved. | |||||