‘I may not live to see our glory, but I will gladly join the fight.’

Jeff Hamling draws out the gospel-shaped hole at the heart of hit musical – and now film – Hamilton

Hamilton is considered the greatest musical of our generation. A renewed sense of interest and excitement rippled through the country when Disney Plus announced its release of the show (starring the original cast).

Alexander Hamilton is given the ‘bastard, orphan’ moniker in the first line of Hamilton. The theme reverberates throughout the show until it forms a bookend in the closing song, where his wife Eliza sings: ‘I establish the first private orphanage in New York City. / I help to raise hundreds of children. / I get to see them growing up. In their eyes I see you, Alexander.’