• Ben Franklin in Paris is a musical with a book and lyrics by Sidney Michaels, and music by Mark Sandrich, Jr. with two songs contributed by Jerry Herman...
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    Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. In 1736,...
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    Declaration of Independence in 1776, Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778, Treaty of Paris in 1783, and U.S. Constitution in 1787, Franklin is considered one...
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  • aspect of his biography in fictional depictions. Franklin appears as a main character in the Broadway musicals Ben Franklin in Paris (1964, portrayed by Robert...
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    The younger Franklin was also secretary for the American delegation that negotiated United States independence at the Treaty of Paris in 1783. He returned...
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    Robert Preston (actor) (category Deaths from lung cancer in California)
    played the title role in the musical Ben Franklin in Paris, and he originated the role of Henry II in the stage production of The Lion in Winter, whom Peter...
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    René Auberjonois (category Deaths from lung cancer in California)
    Charleston, South Carolina. Auberjonois' family moved to Paris after World War II. After a few years in France, the family moved back to the United States and...
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    Rita Gardner (category Deaths from leukemia in New York (state))
    the opening of Ben Franklin in Paris in 1964. Her Broadway career subsequently stalled, finding her serving as a standby or understudy in On a Clear Day...
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  • American Revolution. Valley Forge  -1934 play by Maxwell Anderson Ben Franklin in Paris  – 1964 musical by Sidney Michaels 1776  – 1969 Broadway musical;...
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    145-146 Ben Franklin to William Franklin, August 14, 1784 Franklin; Smyth (ed.), 1906, pp. 252-254 Bell, Whitfield J. (January 1955). "Franklin Papers...
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