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1776

Music: Sherman Edwards
Lyrics: Sherman Edwards
Book: Peter Stone
Notes:
Production Year: 1976
Synopsis:

A musical based on the events surrounding the writing and signing the Declaration of Independence.

Cast Member

Role

Charles Rule
John Hancock
Brad Tyrrell
Richard Henry Lee
John Patrick Sundine
Roger Sherman/Understudy for Rutledge and Lee
Beth Spencer
Understudy for Abigail Adams and Martha Jeffeson
Peter Graves
John Adams
Gordon Bovinet
Understudy for Dickinson, Bartlett, Sherman, Livingston, Wilson, Rodney, Chase, Hewes, McNair
Howard Da Silva
Benjamin Franklin
Michael Amber
Dr. Lyman Hall
Marvin Goodis
Joseph Hewes
Dick Bonelle
Rev. John Witherspoon
Patrick Cook
Courier
Dennis Daniels
Leather Apron/Understudy for Courier
John Eames
Charles Thomson
Patti Davis
Abigail Adams
Robert Gaus
Caesar Rodney
Gerrit de Beer
George Read
Brad Holiday
Dr. Josiah Bartlett
Skedge Miller
Andrew McNair
Hal Norman
Stephen Hopkins
Jerry Lee
Samuel Chase
Joneal Joplin
Understudy for Franklin, Jefferson, McKean, Hopkins, Thomson, Hall and Witherspoon
James Paul
Col. Thomas McKean/Understudy for Hancock
Paul David Richards
Edward Rutledge/Standby for John Adams
Kathy Knight
Martha Jefferson
Philip Polito
John Dickinson
Peter Lombard
Thomas Jefferson
Ronald Kross
James Wilson
Dennis Kisor
Robert Livingston