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A note from Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone about the writing of 1776.

Sara Martin, Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers Editorial Project at the Massachusetts Historical Society, on the lasting legacy of John and Abigail’s correspondence

One of A.R.T.’s core values is to lead with inquiry. This list features the production’s essential questions and some of the articles, books, and speeches that have inspired the cast and creative team in their work on this new production of 1776.

Read the full text of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, as well as other versions and drafts of the document.

“When we shift the gaze so you see a different perspective, we start to hear things that we didn’t hear before and see things that maybe we didn’t want to see but that have always been in the story from the beginning,” says [Crystal] Lucas-Perry.