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Franklinland

by Lloyd Suh
Gregory Harrison
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This modern, comic take on the American Revolution puts the spotlight on the relationship between the brilliant and domineering Ben Franklin and his son William. As Ben plants the seeds of a new republic, King George III appoints William as Royal Governor of New Jersey—a change in affairs that creates a revolutionary family rift.

Includes a conversation with playwright Lloyd Suh.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2021.

Franklinland is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring:

  • Gregory Harrison as Benjamin Franklin
  • Larry Powell as William Franklin
  • Kurt Kanazawa as William Temple Franklin

    Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

    Prepared for audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

    Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll

    Sound Design: Charles Carroll and Austin Haltermann

    Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

    Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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    • Release date

      March 15, 2022

    • Formats

      • OverDrive Listen audiobook

        • ISBN: 9781682661598
        • File size: 35705 KB
        • Duration: 01:14:23

    • Languages

      • English

    • Reviews

      • AudioFile Magazine
        A kite in a storm becomes the perfect metaphor for the life of Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father, inventor, visionary, and dad. In this fast-paced, comically insightful theatrical dialogue, narrators Gregory Harrison and Larry Powell have a wonderful time sparring as the brilliant, abrasive, confident Franklin and his not-so-confident illegitimate son, William. When Benjamin offers his son the stewardship of his fanciful scientist/artist colony, Franklinland, Powell answers with perfect petulance that King George III has already offered him the governorship of New Jersey. (That's all true.) As the American Revolution approaches, the rocky relationship between father and son becomes a metaphor for a new country cutting ties with the old. A marvelously performed entertaining romp through history. B.P. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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