The play that changed my life: ‘I fell in love with Hamilton – it gave me confidence for my own script’

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Our series on transformative theatrical discoveries continues with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical, as remembered by the man who played Aaron Burr on its London premiere in 2017

The play that changed my life: ‘I fell in love with Hamilton – it gave me confidence for my own script’

. They have this rivalry that goes on throughout their lives. He’s regarded as the villain in terms of historical context. But it’s Burr who is telling the story, leaving the audience to decide for themselves. The show only hints at the fact that Hamilton and Burr were both enslavers. There was originally a song that specifically dealt with the idea of slavery within this new society. I think it got cut before Broadway, which was a shame, because it was a great moment in the show. These great theorists of freedom and democracy are denying it to another part of the population and the nation itself is built on a huge genocide. It is in there. But perhaps not as much as it could have been.

 

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