Hamilton
The musicalHamiltonfeatures the close relationship between Alexander Hamilton ( Lin - Manuel Miranda ) and John Laurens ( Anthony Ramos ) , but there are some historic suggestions that the pair also had a love affair . AlthoughHamiltonfocuses on Alexander ’s rise and fall within the U.S. political sphere , it also learn its time to recrudesce his personal human relationship , and he ends up having several love interests in the show .
away from his wife , Eliza ( Phillipa Soo ) , there ’s also the matter of Alexander ’s involvement with Maria Reynolds ( Jasmine Cephas Jones ) . Meanwhile , there is constant debate over whether or not Alexander Hamilton had feelings for Angelica Schuyler ( Renee Elise Goldsberry ) . The musical hints at this in her Sung dynasty " quenched " , which plays on the letters place between the two and diachronic analysis that suggests while they did n’t have an affair , there was a clear attractor and some flirting going on . But while they ’re all rather transparent in the melodic , the other person Alexander might ’ve had an social occasion with is his skinny Quaker , John Laurens .
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It ’s undeniable thatHamilton and Laurenswere unaired , but the extent of that is something that remains uncertain . Letters drop a line from the former to the latter do hint at something greater between the pair , with one from 1779 , for instance , finding Hamilton writing:“Cold in my profession , lovesome in my friendships , I wish , my Dear Laurens , it might be in my power , by activity rather than words , to convince you that I bed you … You should not have contract vantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent . But as you have done it and as we are mostly indulgent to those we know , I shall not scruple to excuse the shammer you have committed . “[viaFounders Online ] This is just one of many letter sent between the pair , exuding a level of lovingness and affection that does clear contain flavour of honey , though not necessarily of a sexual nature .
It ’s not insufferable that the two were lovers , though if they were then it ’s scarce surprising there ’s no historical evidence to sustain it , since it would ’ve been illegal at the clock time . biographer of Hamilton , let in Ron Chernow , whose bookAlexander Hamiltonwas adapt into the musical , have generally accentuate that it ’s impossible to be 100 % certain whether or not the two did have an matter , although it may have been somewhat unlikely , given the large endangerment involved to both party , their careers and their reputations , and the potentiality for such a secret to get out . Although both men would get hitched with , that itself is no ratification that they were n’t lover , and indeed a late letter to Henry Laurens from Hamilton regarding his marriage to Eliza reads:“I have still a part for the populace and another for you . “Again , though , this could quite easily just be refer to the close bond between them , and the philia displayed in these letters was n’t uncommon for the time , not least commit their friendly relationship had been imprint by warfare .
The musical itself only drops the slightest hints towards any such notions . In one ofHamilton ’s best songs , " My Shot " , Miranda ’s Alexander sings"Laurens , I wish you a deal . “Meanwhile , the pair are generally depict on stage to be close , but there ’s little else to dally on the musical theme of them feature a sexual relationship ( although plenty ofHamiltonfans have ship the couple , known as " Lams " ) . It ’ll stay on an unrequited question of whether their friendly relationship was anything more , but either way the pair obviously loved each other , and that radiate through in the musical and Miranda and Ramos ' performances .
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