List of plays and musicals about the American Revolution

This is a list of plays and musicals about the American Revolution.

Valley Forge -1934 play by Maxwell Anderson
Ben Franklin in Paris – 1964 musical by Sidney Michaels
1776 – 1969 Broadway musical; Composed by Sherman Edwards
The Ruckus at Machias – 1976 play by Richard Sewell
A New World: A Life of Thomas Paine – 2009 stage play by Trevor Griffiths
Jefferson's Garden – 2015 stage play by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Hamilton – 2015 musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
My Dearest Friend - 2016 opera by Patricia Leonard^[1]

References

^ National Park Service

American Revolutionary War

Origins of the American Revolution

Philosophy	American Enlightenment John Locke Colonial history Liberalism Republicanism Freedom of religion Rights of Englishmen No taxation without representation Common Sense Spirit of '76 "All men are created equal" "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" "Consent of the governed" Expansionism Settler colonialism
Royalists	Pitt–Newcastle ministry Bute ministry Grenville ministry First Rockingham ministry Chatham ministry Grafton ministry North ministry Second Rockingham ministry Shelburne ministry Fox–North coalition Loyalists Black Loyalist
Related British Acts of Parliament	Navigation Iron Molasses Royal Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Currency Quartering Stamp up i.p.o Declaratory Townshend Tea Quebec Intolerable Conciliatory Resolution Restraining Proclamation of Rebellion Prohibitory
Colonials	Loyal Nine Stamp Act Congress Declaration of Rights and Grievances Virginia Association Daughters of Liberty Sons of Liberty Patriots Black Patriots Committees of correspondence Committees of safety Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania Massachusetts Circular Letter Suffolk Resolves First Continental Congress Continental Association Minutemen Provincial Congress Second Continental Congress Olive Branch Petition Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms Committee of Secret Correspondence Halifax Resolves Lee Resolution Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Confederation Congress
Events	French and Indian War Treaty of Paris (1763) Boston Massacre British credit crisis of 1772-1773 Gaspee affair Hutchinson letters affair Boston Tea Party Philadelphia Tea Party Powder Alarm

Combatants
Campaigns
Theaters
Battles
Events
Colonies

Combatants

United Colonies/Thirteen Colonies	Continental Congress Army Navy Marines
Kingdom of Great Britain	Parliament British Army Royal Navy European allies of King George III
Colonial allies	France Franco-American Treaty Army Navy Hortalez et Cie German supporters of Congress

Campaigns and
theaters

Major battles

Other events

Related conflicts

Involvement (by
colony or location)

Rebel colonies	Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia
Loyal colonies	East Florida Nova Scotia Quebec West Florida

Leaders

British

Military	Arbuthnot Brant Burgoyne Campbell Carleton Clinton Cornwallis Fraser Gage Graves Richard Howe William Howe Knyphausen Rodney
Civilian	King George III Amherst Barrington Germain North Rockingham Sandwich Shelburne

Colonial

Military	Washington Alexander Allen Arnold Barry Claghorn Clark Duportail Gates Greene Hamilton Hopkins Jones de Kalb Knox Lafayette Charles Lee Lincoln Mercer Montgomery Nicholson Putnam Rodney St. Clair Schuyler von Steuben Sullivan Ward Wayne
Civilian	John Adams Samuel Adams Carroll Dickinson Franklin Hancock Hanson Henry Huntington Jay Jefferson Laurens Richard Henry Lee McKean Morris Revere Rush Witherspoon

Colonial allies

French	Louis XVI Beaumarchais d'Estaing de Grasse de Guichen Luzerne de Rochambeau Suffren Vergennes

Aftermath
Society of the Cincinnati Treaty of Paris (1783) Evacuation Day (1783) Ratification Day (1784) Constitutional Convention The Federalist Papers Constitution Bill of Rights Shays' Rebellion Jay Treaty

Related topics

Military	Prisoners The Turtle
Political	Founding Fathers Diplomacy Liberty Tree Yankee Doodle
Other topics	Timeline of the American Revolution African Americans in the Revolutionary War Dogs in the American Revolutionary War Intelligence in the American Revolutionary War Women in the American Revolution Financial costs of the war Continental currency banknotes Continental Currency dollar coin Libertas Americana Commemoration film television theater Independence Day Patriots' Day Pulaski Memorial Day Washington's Birthday Jefferson's Birthday Von Steuben Day Minor holidays Centennial Sesquicentennial Bicentennial Semiquincentennial Children of the American Revolution Daughters of the American Revolution Sons of the American Revolution Sons of the Revolution Charters of Freedom Rotunda Museum of the American Revolution