Hamilton’s Ghosts
Hamilton’s Ghosts
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汉密尔顿的幽灵
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2017
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Philip Gentry
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在林曼努尔·米兰达的《汉密尔顿》第一幕的结尾，一个鬼魂出现了。在感人肺腑的二重唱《亲爱的狄奥多西娅》之后，亚历山大·汉密尔顿的妻子伊丽莎带着一封信走近他。在她说话之前，一道蓝光照亮了汉密尔顿密友约翰·劳伦斯在他们旁边的幽灵般的存在。 “我可能无法活着看到我们的荣耀/但我很乐意加入飞行，”劳伦斯的鬼魂唱道，伊丽莎告诉亚历山大，写信的不是劳伦斯，而是他朋友的父亲（131）。亚历山大震惊地得知劳伦斯在南卡罗来纳州的战斗中阵亡。父亲提醒他，劳伦斯曾梦想解放奴隶，组建一支全黑人军团，但遗憾的是，这些计划将随着他的消亡而破灭。劳伦斯再次高唱米兰达最喜欢的音乐剧之一《悲惨世界》中令人振奋的军事回声：“明天我们会有更多人！”亚历山大看起来很震惊，但只回答说：“我有很多工作要做”（131）。劳伦斯身上的蓝光逐渐消失，亚伦·伯尔重新登场，以激动人心的方式讲述了汉密尔顿是《联邦党人文集》的作者，结束了第二幕。约翰·劳伦斯的鬼魂，就像所有的鬼魂、空虚和寂静一样，提出了一些有趣的问题。因为劳伦斯这个角色此时不仅是一个真正的鬼魂，而且在整个第一幕中都是幽灵般的存在。劳伦斯由最年轻的演员安东尼·拉莫斯饰演，他从来没有像他的战友拉斐特侯爵和赫拉克勒斯·穆里根那样拥有令人惊叹的时刻，他们两人都影响着舞台的指挥，说出了最聪明的台词，并在我参加的演出谢幕时获得了最多的掌声。 奇怪的是，他在第一幕结束时的死亡让人感觉不成熟。特别是考虑到劳伦斯的去世和有影响力的事件之间的对比
At the end of the first act of lin-manuel miranda’s Hamilton, a ghost makes an appearance. Immediately following the heart-warming duet “Dear Theodosia,” Alexander Hamilton’s wife, eliza, approaches him with a letter. before she speaks, a blue light illuminates the spectral presence of Hamilton’s close friend John laurens next to them. “I may not live to see our glory / but I will gladly join the flight,” the ghost of laurens sings as eliza tells Alexander that it is not laurens but his friend’s father who has written (131). Alexander is stunned to learn that laurens was killed in battle in South Carolina. The father reminds him that laurens had dreamed of emancipating slaves to form an all-black military regiment, but, sadly, those plans will die with him. laurens sings one more time in a rousing martial echo of one of miranda’s favorite musicals, Les Misérables: “Tomorrow there’ll be more of us!” Alexander looks shaken but replies only, “I have so much work to do” (131). The blue light fades out on laurens, and Aaron burr reenters to finish the second act with a rousing account of Hamilton’s authorship of the Federalist Papers. The ghost of John laurens, like all ghosts, voids, and silence, raises intriguing questions. For the character of laurens is not only literally a ghost at this moment, but is something of a spectral presence throughout the first act. Played by Anthony ramos, the youngest cast member, laurens never quite has a showstopper moment like those of his comrades the marquis de lafayette and Hercules mulligan, both of whom affected commanding stage presences, delivered the cleverest lines, and received the most applause at the curtain call of the show I attended.1 His death at the end of the first act feels curiously undeveloped. especially given the contrast between the death of laurens and the impactful