TWITTER WATCH: Ready For A Good Cry? Lin-Manuel Miranda Posts HAMILTON's Final Love Letter To Elizabeth

By: Apr. 08, 2016
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After years of writing and rewriting and over a year of allowing the man to inhabit his mind and body seven times a week, there's no doubt that Hamilton's author/star Lin-Manuel Miranda must feel a special attachment to the revolutionary figure who is the subject of his smash hit musical.

But you don't have to be a Broadway genius to recognize the beauty and sincerity of the final love letter Alexander Hamilton wrote to his beloved wife Elizabeth, meant to be delivered to her only if he was killed in his upcoming duel.

In his musical, Miranda presents the country's first Secretary of The Treasury as a man whose major strength was in the power of his writing. As you can see from this historic document preserved by Columbia University, and the transcription provided below, his pen could also express great tenderness.

The new musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composerLin-Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."

The cast of Hamilton is comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Daveed Diggs(Marquis De Lafayette,Thomas Jefferson), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler),Christopher Jackson (George Washington),Jonathan Groff (King George), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton alternate), Okieriete Onaodowan(Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr),Anthony Ramos(John Laurens, PhilipHamilton) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).

HAMILTON is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burr in their legendary duel.



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