Washington Crossing the Delaware

Presented as a radio play, the dramatization follows the Continental army's reverses in late 1776, Washington's frustration with poor intelligence and the absence of Lee, and the decision to retreat across New Jersey before mounting a bold nocturnal crossing of the Delaware. Scenes depict preparations, artillery and troop movements, the surprise attack on Hessian forces at Trenton, and the immediate uplift in civilian and military morale. The text includes practical directions for radio performance, microphone positions, dialect rendering, and crowd effects, so readers and performers can recreate the historical moments in spoken drama.