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World Wide Enough: Historiography, Imagination, and Stagecraft
- Journal of the Early Republic
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Volume 37, Number 2, Summer 2017
- pp. 289-294
- 10.1353/jer.2017.0028
- Article
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Hamilton: An American Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and director Thomas Kail is both an intriguing and imperfect vehicle for understanding the history of the American Revolutionary Era. Although the show simplified the image of Alexander Hamilton and focused on an elite narrative of the American Revolution, the show is not meant to be strict history. Instead the show benefits historians with an imaginative retelling for a contemporary audience, invites multiple interpretations of history, and encourages further conversation.