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Thomas Paine's To Begin the World Over Again

Thomas Paine's To Begin the World Over Again

Triumphs and tragedies of Thomas Paine’s life unfold in To Begin the World Over Again, a one-man play filmed live in Hollywood. Paine, provocative writer and flawed politician, ignited revolutions yet died ignored. His radical ideas on democracy, equality, and morality still challenge us: “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”

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Thomas Paine's To Begin the World Over Again

Thomas Paine's To Begin the World Over Again

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The acclaimed one-man play about the life of the provocative writer Thomas Paine is performed. (59m 1s)

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