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This document describes a film project about Ethan Allen’s quest to come up with a logical and reasonable explanation for life on earth – intelligent and otherwise.
Ethan began to write Reason, the Only Oracle of Man in Sunderland after he and Fanny were married on February 9. 1784. He completed it later in the year.
He had retired from soldiering, and like Washington, Jefferson and other founding fathers, he wanted to pursue a life of farming, contemplation, and devotion to his wife and family.
Ethan Allen was the first American to publish a book on the new ideas about creation. The religious school to which he belonged is called Deism. The Deists generally believed that God created the heavens and the earth, stepped back, and left all creatures great and small to fend for themselves. Among other Deists were Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin.
With flashbacks to some of the significant events in Ethan’s life, this film tells the story of life on the Burlington farm and of how Ethan’s fascination with the natural world led to his conclusions about God, organized religion, and reason itself. The flashbacks may include his appeal to his friend, Capt Abraham Ninham, for support from the Northern Tribes in the war effort, and a scene with Ann Storey.
Come see Mixed Nuts, a screw-ball musical about six inmates from the Vermont State Hospital who, while performing at a local theater, secede from the state institution and try to bring Vermonters along with them in seceding from the United States. See www.Unadilla.org or contact the theater directly at 802 456 8968.
Mixed Nuts is music from the 20s and 30s, and a cast of independence-minded eccentrics from the Vermont State Hospital who have prepared a vaudeville review on the History of Vermont directed by Dr. Elizabeth Darcy. The bizarre crew of entertainers is lead by a re-incarnated, unpredictable, and loveable Ethan Allen.
Learn something new about the Revolutionary War with our theatrical productions and local theater of history, based in Plainfield, Vermont. Earnest Productions’ latest historical performance is a narrative of the capture of Fort Ticonderoga and Ethan Allen’s two and a half years of captivity. Contact us (802) 456-1123 in Plainfield, Vermont, for more details about our theatrical productions.
During the Revolutionary War, and after the battles of Lexington and Concord, Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. This was the first fort taken by the Americans. On September 24, 1775 in Montreal, Canada, Ethan was captured and kept on British prison ships. The British barely kept him alive, then two and a half years later he was exchanged for a colonel and was set free.
“Jim Hogue is brilliant as Ethan Allen. The Vermont History Expo audience was entranced by the presence of their iconic hero.” -Sarah Dopp, Vermont Historical Society President.
“Jim Hogue has the fire and panache to re-engage us with our revolutionary roots. . . ” – Dave Lewit, editor: Boston/Cambridge Alliance Dispatch.
“Jim Hogue makes Ethan Allen come alive – an inspiration . . .” -Dr. Thomas Naylor, Second VT Republic.
“Brilliant, beautiful, and a real rebirth of wonder . . . magnificent and an immense pleasure to behold . . . the personification of great theater . . . Superbly crafted art and magic.” – Stuart Hutchison, producer.
Call us today at (802) 456-1123 in Plainfield, Vermont, for more information about our theatrical productions of Mixed Nuts, and Ethan Allen’s capture.
Learn something new about the Revolutionary War with our theatrical productions and local theater of history
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