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==In popular culture== Caesar Rodney appears in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'' and its [[1776 (film)|film adaptation]]. He is portrayed as an elderly man suffering severely from facial cancer, and he has to be taken home by fellow Delaware delegate [[Thomas McKean]]. Later, [[John Adams]] sends McKean back to Delaware to bring back Rodney to break the deadlock over independence between pro-independence McKean and anti-independence [[George Read (American politician, born 1733)|George Read]]. He is portrayed in the musical by [[Robert Gaus]] and in the film by [[William Hansen (actor)|William Hansen]]. Caesar Rodney also appears in HBO's [[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]. He is played by Tim Parati.
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