Take A Break
[ELIZA]
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf...
[PHILIP]
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf...
[ELIZA]
Good.
[ELIZA/PHILIP]
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf...
[PHILIP]
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf...
[ELIZA/PHILIP]
Sept, huit, neuf.
Sept, huit, neuf.
Sept, huit, neuf.
Sept huit, neuf.
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, ambition is my folly. I'm a polymath. A pain in the ass, massive pain. Madison is Banquo. Jefferson's Macduff. And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane.
[ANGELICA/HAMILTON]
And there you are an ocean away. Do you have to live an ocean away? Thoughts of you subside, then I get another letter and I cannot put the notion away...
[ELIZA]
Take a break!
[HAMILTON]
I'm 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]
Ok, ok!
[ELIZA]
Your son is nine years old today. He has something he'd like to say. He's been practising 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!
[HAMILTON]
What?
[PHILIP]
I practise French and play piano with my mother!
[HAMILTON]
Uh-huh!
[PHILIP]
I have a sister, but I want a little brother!
[HAMILTON]
Okay...
[PHILIP]
My daddy's tryna start America's bank! Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq!
[HAMILTON]
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 favourite 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,
[ANGELICA/HAMILTON]
"My dearest Angelica."
[ANGELICA]
With a comma after 'dearest'. You've written,
[ANGELICA/HAMILTON]
"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 family if you make your way upstate. I know you're very busy. I know your work's important, but I'm crossing the ocean and I just can't wait!
[ANGELICA/HAMILTON]
You won't be an ocean away, you will only be a moment away...
[ELIZA]
Alexander, come downstairs. Angelica's arriving today!
[ANGELICA/ELIZA]
Aahaha!
[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/ELIZA]
All this way! Take a break!
[HAMILTON]
You know I have to get my plan through Congress.
[ANGELICA/ELIZA]
Run away with us for the summer, let's go upstate!
[HAMILTON]
I lose my job if I don't get this plan through Congress.
[ANGELICA/ELIZA]
We can all go stay with our father.
[ELIZA]
There's a lake I know,
[ANGELICA]
I know I'll miss your face,
[ELIZA]
In a nearby park,
[ANGELICA]
Screw your courage to the sticking place!
[ELIZA]
Where you and I can go,
[ANGELICA]
Eliza's right!
[ANGELICA/ELIZA]
Take a break and get away! Run away with us for the summer, let's go upstate.
[ELIZA]
Where we can stay...
[ANGELICA]
We can all go stay with our father...
[ANGELICA]
If you take your time,
[ELIZA]
Look around, look around!
[ANGELICA]
You will make your mark,
[ELIZA]
At how lucky we are to be alive right now!
[ANGELICA/ELIZA]
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.