Characters

(In Order of Dialogue)

JOSEPH WARREN, 29, Boston’s leading physician; Sam Adams’ protégé

WILL COOPER, 15, printer’s apprentice; later, Joseph’s assistant

PAUL REVERE, 35, Joseph’s friend; Revolutionary Chief of Intelligence

SAM ADAMS, 47, America’s leading Revolutionary; Joseph’s mentor

JOHN HANCOCK, 33, Boston’s wealthiest patriot and leading hypochondriac

BOY, 12, injured by a British soldier

BETSY ADAMS, 34, Sam Adams’ second wife, resourceful but childless.

SAMUEL ADAMS, 20, Sam’s ailing son

THOMAS HUTCHINSON, 53, Massachusetts Tory Governor

THOMAS MARSHAL, a tailor

COLONEL PRESCOTT, American Commander at Bunker Hill

  • Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley
  • Thomas Hutchinson by Unknown Artist
  • Sam Adams by John Singleton Copley
  • John Hancock by John Singleton Copley
  • Joseph Warren by John Singleton Copley

SCENES

Act I

Scene 1: March 5, 1770, the Office of the Boston Gazette

Scene 2: Later that night at Sam Adams’ home

Scene 3: A few hours later at the Council Chamber

Scene 4: The next day inside the Boston Gazette

Scene 5: Two years later, April 1772, a street in Boston

Scene 6: August 1774, Sam Adams’ home

Scene 7: The next day at Joseph Warren’s surgery

Scene 8: A few weeks later, a street in Boston

Scene 9: March 6, 1775, Old South Meeting House

Act II

Scene 1: April 18, 1775, Joseph Warren’s Surgery

Scene 2: A few hours later, Lexington, Reverend Clarke’s house

Scene 3: April 20, 1775, Cambridge, Patriot Headquarters

Scene 4: Early May 1775, Cambridge, Patriot Headquarters

Scene 5: May 1775, Cambridge, Betsy’s rented room

Scene 6: Late May 1775, Cambridge/Philadelphia

Scene 7: June 15, 1775, Philadelphia at the Continental Congress

Scene 8: June 17, 1775, Cambridge, Patriot Headquarters/Philadelphia

Scene 9: That afternoon at Bunker Hill/Philadelphia/Bunker Hill

  • Death of General Warren at Bunker Hill by John Trumbull
  • Boston Massacre by Paul Revere
  • Battle of Bunker Hill