Schuyler Defeated
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Cast List:
Philip H. | Eliza | Hamilton | Burr
PHILIP
Look!
Grandpa’s in the paper!
“War hero Philip Schuyler loses senate seat to young upstart Aaron Burr”
Grandpa just lost his seat in the senate
ELIZA
Sometimes that’s how it goes
PHILIP
Daddy’s gonna find out any minute
ELIZA
I’m sure he already knows
PHILIP
Further down
PHILIP AND ELIZA
Further down
PHILIP
Let’s meet the newest senator from New York
ELIZA
New York
PHILIP AND ELIZA
Our senator
HAMILTON
Burr?
Since when are you a Democratic-Republican?
BURR
Since being one put me on the up and up again
HAMILTON
No one knows who you are or what you do
BURR
They don’t need to know me
They don’t like you
HAMILTON
Excuse me?
BURR
Oh, Wall Street thinks you’re great
You’ll always be adored by the things you create
But upstate—
HAMILTON
Wait
BURR
—people think you’re crooked
Schuyler’s seat was up for grabs so I took it
HAMILTON
I’ve always considered you a friend
BURR
I don’t see why that has to end
HAMILTON
You changed parties to run against my father-in-law
BURR
I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw
I swear your pride will be the death of us all
Beware, it goeth before the fall