With puppetry, 3-D animation and choreography coordinated precisely with projections on the stage floor, back and ceiling, and in seven different "locations, " the company leads the audience to the startling moral of the story: of all the virtues, mercy is even more important than love.

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To chart his progress toward "moral perfection, " Franklin kept a daily ledger in red ink of 13 virtues, from temperance to humility.

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