Drama History
Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
Directed by
Peter H. Hunt
Blythe Danner
Martha Jefferson
Ken Howard
Thomas Jefferson
William Daniels
John Adams
John Cullum
Edward Rutledge (SC)
William Hansen
Caesar Rodney (DE)
Howard Da Silva
Dr. Benjamin Franklin
James Noble
Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
William Duell
Andrew McNair
Ray Middleton
Col. Thomas McKean (DE)
Roy Poole
Stephen Hopkins (RI)
John Myhers
Robert Livingston
Howard Caine
Lewis Morris (NY)
Rex Robbins
Roger Sherman (CT)
David Ford
Congressional President John Hancock (MA)
Peter Forster
Oliver Wolcott (CT)
Virginia Vestoff
Abigail Adams
Donald Madden
John Dickinson (PA)
Ron Holgate
Richard Henry Lee (VA)
Emory Bass
James Wilson (PA)
Ralston Hill
Charles Thomson
Daniel Keyes
Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH)
Leo Leydon
George Read (DE)
Charles Rule
Joseph Hewes (NC)
Patrick Hines
Samuel Chase (MD)

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