Benjamin Franklin, Printer, Etc.

In Benjamin Franklin, Printer, Etc., the audience is treated to a visit with Ben Franklin in his most comfortable environment–his print shop. This realization of the sly old statesman focuses on his practical side, a side that informed and influenced all other aspects of his multifarious life. Here is Franklin, the printer at work in his shop–at his press, setting type and printing. Acknowledging the audience, he entertains and enlightens his visitors with his thoughts, ideas and life stories as he goes about his business.