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Patriots, The
Patriots, The (1943), a play by Sidney Kingsley. [National Theatre, 172 perf.; NYDCC Award.] Thomas Jefferson ( Raymond Edward Johnson) returns from France, hoping to settle with his daughters at his Monticello retreat. But George Washington ( Cecil Humphreys), buffeted by rough political opposition and particularly fearful of rising monarchist strength, urges Jefferson to become his secretary of state. Jefferson accepts reluctantly. Before long he is locked in battle with his arch rival, the Federalist, Hamilton ( House Jameson), before running successfully for president in 1800. The Playwrights' Company produced the solidly written chronicle play when World War II gave Jefferson's fight for democratic ideals added meaning. Kingsley was a sergeant in the army at the time of the production.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Patriots, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Patriots, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-PatriotsThe.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Patriots, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-PatriotsThe.html |
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Patriots, The
Patriots, The, play by Robert Munford, published in 1776 and reprinted in his Collection of Plays and Poems (1798), but probably never produced. It represents the nonpartisan attitude at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. The soldiers are depicted as braggarts or cowards, and the rebel committee as ignorant and intolerant. Tackabout, a Tory masquerading as a rebel, causes Trueman and Meanwell, two nonpartisan pacifists, to be jailed, but when his duplicity is discovered, the moderates are released.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Patriots, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Patriots, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-PatriotsThe.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Patriots, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-PatriotsThe.html |
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