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Historical Characters

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        Here you'll find a listing which includes many of the characters AHT has interpreted.  We are always happy to consider the development of new or generic* characters, so please don't hesitate to ask. As you will notice, the list includes characters from American history as well as characters from world history (which are also important to Americans). Click names highlighted in gold for a full program description.

Pre-18th Century 

Christopher Columbus Galileo William Penn

18th Century

Abigail Adams John Adams  Sarah Bache
Benjamin Banneker Pirate Anne Bonny Ichabod Crane
James Forten Benjamin Franklin Alexander Hamilton
Patrick Henry Hercules (Washington's cook)   Francis Hopkinson
Gen Sir William Howe Thomas Jefferson John Paul Jones
Oney Judge (GW slave)  Marquis de Lafayette Lewis & Clark
Gov. William Livingston Scots Major McGillvray Dolley Madison
James Madison Thomas Paine Charles Willson Peale
Molly Pitcher Betsy Ross Dr. Benjamin Rush
Haym Salomon Major Talmadge General Von Steuben
George Washington Martha Washington James Wilson
John Witherspoon    

19th & 20th Century

John Quincy Adams Horatio Alger Susan B. Anthony
P.T. Barnum Frederick Douglass Paul Laurence Dunbar
Amelia Earhart  Thomas Edison W.C. Fields
Ulysess S. Grant Sherlock Holmes Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln Charles Lindbergh General George Meade
Berthe Morisot Lucretia Mott Annie Oakley 
Dorothy Parker Alice Paul Edgar Allen  Poe
Eleanor Roosevelt Elizabeth Cady Stanton  Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman    

*Generic Character:  A composite of personality  traits and personal exploits combined into one fictional character, created from historical information.  At the American Historical Theatre we  specialize in the creation of customized generic characters and scripts. 

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