Among them Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson and John Hancock, all appearing following the Boston Tea Party, the fight against unjust British taxes. The foundation of congress in Philadelphia is just the first step towards war and the declaration of independence on July 4, 1776. This shows more of the amusing moments from John and Abigail's marriage, at loggerhead but very much in love, and her own declaration of independence, not from the marriage, but for her own desires and her efforts to intelligently advise him. Their letters, the method of Abigail's appearance in "1776", is dramatized here, and quite tender, and of course humorous with a very dramatic use of the word "pins".
The arrival of war gives a mention of the still unseen George Washington, and details of the possible futility of war are overshadowed by the necessity of it. George Grizzard and Kathryn Walker continue to be strong in their roles, and the entire production begins to look like all of those classic paintings that hang in museums in all important original colony cities where history unfolded in record procession. Robert Symonds is sensational as Franklin, equally as touching and funny as Howard da Silva was. Adams is presented with a bit more subtlety than he was in "1776", but when his temper erupts, it's as volcanic as any cannon fire could be.
The arrival of war gives a mention of the still unseen George Washington, and details of the possible futility of war are overshadowed by the necessity of it. George Grizzard and Kathryn Walker continue to be strong in their roles, and the entire production begins to look like all of those classic paintings that hang in museums in all important original colony cities where history unfolded in record procession. Robert Symonds is sensational as Franklin, equally as touching and funny as Howard da Silva was. Adams is presented with a bit more subtlety than he was in "1776", but when his temper erupts, it's as volcanic as any cannon fire could be.