[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

#32 Howard da Silva as Franklin looked very close to actual paintings of Franklin.

Ironically, da Silva was the political opposite of Franklin. He was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA. For Soviet totalitarianism as versus Franklin for America’s freedom.

Still, the play “1776” was a delightful production. Saw it at the National Theater in DC in, 1976 or 1977.

[knarf]

Now THERE'S a factoid I never knew.

I've read in other places Franklin was somewhat a playboy typr and DaSilva played that so well.

I had no problem with it being a musical .... just as I have no problem with West Side Story being a musical .... it's the story first and foremost for me.

My first wife got 1776 free from some source because she home schooled

She got a ton of free stuff because she home schooled.