Take A Break
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Cast List:
Eliza | Philip H. | Hamilton | Angelica
ELIZA
Un deux trois quatre
Cinq six sept huit neuf
Good! Un deux trois quatre
Cinq six sept huit neuf
Sept huit neuf
Sept huit neuf
PHILIP
Un deux trois quatre
Cinq six sept huit neuf
Un deux trois quatre
Cinq six sept huit neuf
Sept huit neuf
Sept huit neuf
ELIZA AND PHILIP
One two three four five six seven eight nine!
HAMILTON
My dearest, Angelica
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day"
I trust you'll understand the reference to
Another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play
They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly
I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain
Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff
And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane
HAMILTON/ANGELICA
And there you are, an ocean away
Do you have to live an ocean away?
Thoughts of you subside
Then I get another letter
I cannot put the notion away
ELIZA
Take a break
HAMILTON
I am on my way
ELIZA
There's a little surprise before supper
And it cannot wait
HAMILTON
I'll be there in just a minute, save my plate
ELIZA
Alexander
HAMILTON
Okay, okay
ELIZA
Your son is nine years old today
And he has something that he'd like to say
He's been practicing all day
Philip, take it away
PHILIP
Daddy, daddy, look
My name is Philip
I am a poet
I wrote this poem just
To show it
And I just turned nine
You can write rhymes
But you can't write mine
I practice French
And play piano with my mother
I have a sister, but I want a little brother
My daddy's trying to start America's bank
Un deux trois quatre cinq!
HAMILTON
What!
Uh-huh!
Okay!
Bravo!
ELIZA
Take a break
HAMILTON
Hey, our kid is pretty great
ELIZA
Run away with us for the summer
Let's go upstate
HAMILTON
Eliza, I've got so much on my plate
ELIZA
We can all go stay with my father
There's a lake I know
HAMILTON
I know
ELIZA
In a nearby park
HAMILTON
I'd love to go
ELIZA
You and I can go when the night gets dark
HAMILTON
I will try to get away
ANGELICA
My dearest Alexander
You must get through to Jefferson
Sit down with him and compromise
Don't stop 'til you agree
Your fav'rite older sister
Angelica, reminds you
There's someone in your corner all the way across the sea
In a letter I received from you two weeks ago
I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase
It changed the meaning. Did you intend this?
One stroke and you've consumed my waking days
It says:
HAMILTON/ANGELICA
"My dearest Angelica"
ANGELICA
With a comma after "dearest". You've written
HAMILTON AND ANGELICA
"My dearest, Angelica."
ANGELICA
Anyway, all this to say
I'm coming home this summer
At my sister's invitation
I'll be there with your fam’ly
If you make your way upstate
I know you're very busy
I know your works important
But I'm crossing the ocean and I just can't wait
HAMILTON AND ANGELICA
You won't be an ocean away
You will only be a moment away
ELIZA
Alexander, come downstairs. Angelica's arriving today!
ELIZA
Angelica!
ANGELICA
Eliza!
HAMILTON
The Schuyler sisters!
ANGELICA
Alexander
HAMILTON
Hi
ANGELICA
It's good to see your face
ELIZA
Angelica, tell this man John Adams spends the summer with his family
HAMILTON
Angelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn't have a real job anyway
ANGELICA
. . .you're not joining us? Wait
HAMILTON
I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate
ANGELICA
Alexander, I came all this way
ELIZA
She came all this way
ANGELICA
All this way
ELIZA AND ANGELICA
Take a break
HAMILTON
You know I have to get my plan through Congress
ELIZA AND ANGELICA
Run away with us for the summer
Let's go upstate
HAMILTON
I lose my job if we don't get this plan through Congress
ELIZA AND ANGELICA
We can all go stay with our father
ELIZA
There’s a lake I know
In a nearby park
You and I can go
Take a break and get away
Let's go upstate
Where we can stay
Look around, look around
At how lucky we are to be alive right now
We can go
When the night gets dark
Take a break.
ANGELICA
I know I'll miss your face
Screw your courage to the sticking place
Eliza's right
Take a break
Run away with us for the summer
Let's go upstate
We can all go stay with our father
If you take your time
You will make your mark
Close your eyes and dream
When the night gets dark
Take a break.
HAMILTON
I have to get my plan through Congress
I can't stop until I get this plan through Congress