Let Freedom Ring

About the Book

Chaos, comedy, and collusion resound when a group of black men conspire to steal the Liberty Bell before it can be rung on George Washington’s birthday on February 22, 1846. This band of black folks meets in Philadelphia at the Golden Fleece Tavern and their plot includes a secretive black barmaid and a female white abolitionist writer. What makes them think they can do it? How in the world will they do it? Will the mystery of the Liberty Bell’s famous crack finally be solved? Let Freedom Ring, is based on historical imagination and combines Lange’s signature comedy and drama as it reverberates issues of change and hope that still vibrate today.

About the Author

TED LANGE personifies the Renaissance Man Theatre Award received from the NAACP. A graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lange’s career has gained worldwide recognition as a gifted actor of stage and screen, revered director, and prolific writer. Lange has penned twenty-four plays including, his historical trilogy, George Washington’s Boy, The Journals of Osborne P. Anderson, and Lady Patriot. Other plays include Four Queens - No Trump, a comedy which played to rave reviews and won NAACP Best Play, Lemon Meringue Façade, produced off Broadway in New York, and Behind the Mask, Lange’s one-man show on the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, which toured nationwide. Additional plays are Evil Legacy - the Story of Lucretia Borgia, and Born a Unicorn, a musical about Ira Aldridge. Lange garnered worldwide fame for his portrayal of Isaac from the Love Boat.