At a minimum the top seven actors are as skilled and fun to watch as any you've seen. In many stage shows, one or two actors are head and shoulders above the others. Second, the main cast is filled with dynamic performers. This is the original cast doing what they do best, and the edits are imperceptible.
HAMILTON ELIZA PLUS
It should be noted that the film version is a blend of a couple of recorded live shows, plus some recorded songs seamlessly edited in. First, and I believe this is key, the original stage director Thomas Kail is back to direct the film. Instead, this will briefly outline what I noticed in the movie. Unfortunately (because of what I mentioned above) this can't be a comparison of a live stage performance and the film version. The show is fantastic, and I only wish my first viewing had been a live performance. Thanks to Disney Plus, I only needed to invest a little (ok, a lot) of time, rather than a few hundred dollars for a ticket. throwing myself at the mercy of the Theater Gods. Surely folks were caught up in the frenzy, and peer pressure was such that no one would admit it wasn't all that. Well, that's been me with "Hamilton." For almost 5 years, the hype was just too much. best 'steamed broccoli' (ok, insert your favorite entrée) I've ever tasted! Having been burned many times with high expectations, you remain skeptical, but make the reservation. You know what it's like when people start talking about some great new restaurant that just opened (think back to pre-pandemic)? And then you start to hear your friends and co-workers raving about it. Dimensions: 31.75 × 26.88 in (80.6 × 68.Greetings again from the darkness.He was fortunate enough to be taken in by a prosperous merchant.Įlizabeth Schuyler Hamilton died in Washington, D.C., at age ninety-seven, having outlived her husband by fifty years.Įlizabeth is buried near her husband in the graveyard of Trinity Church in New York City. Alexander Hamilton’s personal history fueled her passion for this cause.Īlexander Hamilton, as a child, was born out-of-wedlock in Nevis, a small island in the Caribbean Sea, and was orphaned as a child. She served for twenty-seven years in this role. Alexander Hamilton became co-founder and then deputy director of the first private orphanage in New York City. In 1806, two years after her husband’s death, Mrs. She was devoted to Alexander’s writings, and she wore a small package around her neck containing the pieces of a sonnet which Alexander wrote for her during the early days of their courtship. With my last idea I shall cherish the sweet hope of meeting you in a better world.Įlizabeth remained dedicated to preserving her husband’s legacy. “The consolations of Religion, my beloved, can alone support you įly to the bosom of your God and be comforted. Before the duel, he wrote Eliza two letters, telling her: In 1804, Alexander Hamilton became involved in an “affair of honor,” which led to his infamous duel with Aaron Burr and untimely death. In 1780 Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth met during the middle of the American Revolutionary War and married in the same year. Her family was among the wealthy Dutch landowners who had settled around Albany in the mid-1600s. In 1787, Elizabeth sat for this portrait while Ralph Earl was being held in debtors’ prison.Īlexander had heard of Earl’s predicament and asked if Elizabeth might be willing to sit for him, to allow him to make some money and eventually buy his way out of prison, which he later did.Įlizabeth Schuyler was born in Albany, New York, and her family came from a wealthy and politically influential family. Secretary of the Treasury and Founding Father.
Alexander Hamilton” by Ralph Earl portrays Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757 – 1854), the wife of Alexander Hamilton, U.S.
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