About this book
The Group A Farce by Mercy Otis Warren delivers a blistering satirical retort from one of the Revolution’s sharpest literary voices. Blending history, literature, and theatre, Warren’s play answers British theatrical mockery with patriotic wit, placing American political conflict on the stage at a moment when performance and propaganda were inseparable.
Set against the Revolutionary era’s fraught cultural landscape—when Continental Congress urged citizens to shun theater and occupying British officers kept playhouses open—The Group A Farce captures the partisan battles fought with pen and playbill. Warren targets Loyalist theatricals and military dramatists such as Burgoyne, drawing on contemporary events and personalities to expose absurdity, pride, and political posturing. Her work illuminates themes of civic virtue, satire as political weapon, and the emergence of an American literary voice—especially notable as one of the few prominent female playwrights of the period.
Ideal for listeners of history and early American literature, this politically charged play will appeal to fans of historical drama, theatrical studies, and Revolutionary-era satire. Listen to witness a spirited, witty defense of republican ideals and to hear how theatre itself became a battleground for the new nation.
