@BonfireLady - what I meant was at the point they are singing Dear Theodosia he doesn’t have a daughter; he has a son, Burr has a daughter. (Also, I clearly can’t count! 8 children, plus the wee adopted one who lived with them as a child)
I can see on rereading your original comment I misunderstood what you were getting at, bringing up his daughter; I thought you were conflating Burr’s child with his
I was trying to stick to the “Hamilton the musical” story, not actual Alexander Hamilton’s life - because this thread is about sexual politics in musicals - and in the story of the musical, it’s the combined grief.
Martha Washington’s tom cat wasn’t named after him, he never did “punch the burser” (LMM just liked the rhyme with “Burr, sir”), Angelica was married for 3 years when the Schuyler sisters met Hamilton and there was not a romance (beyond a misplaced comma in a letter) but there was a strong and flirtatious friendship of letters. (He had a similarly close relationship with Peggy).
“My father has no sons” that Angelica sings conveniently forgets her 3 brothers (poor Mrs Schuyler - 15 children, 7 of whom died in infancy!)
So there’s a lot of rejigging timelines and making stuff up, but that’s theatre.
I’d like to apologise to @Treaclewell and everyone for the massive Hamilton derailment.
In my defence, I’ve been ill all week and this is the most fun conversation I’ve had in days.
Bonfire, LMM’s book on the creation of the Hamilton stage production is fascinating (Hamilton: The Revolution) as is Giles Terera’s Hamilton And Me diary. (I think Terera is even better than Leslie Odom Jr, and although Daveed Diggs is the best Lafayette, Jason Pennycooke is the best Jefferson.)
oh, and Top Gun sucks and always did.