In Act 1, John Laurens is Hamilton’s best friend. As in history, the musical shows Laurens to be a committed anti-slavery advocate: he spends most of the war in North Carolina, helping to build the nation’s first Black battalion. Like Hamilton, Laurens craves the thrill and danger of battle, and he winds up getting killed in a skirmish after the war has officially ended. Hamilton is devasted by his death (“Tomorrow There’ll Be More of Us”). In Act 2, the same actor returns as Hamilton’s young son Philip.
Laurens Quotes in Hamilton
The Hamilton quotes below are all either spoken by Laurens or refer to Laurens . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1: The Story of Tonight
Quotes
LAURENS: Raise a glass to the four of us.
HAMILTON, LAURENS, MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE: Tomorrow there’ll be more of us.
HAMILTON, LAURENS: Telling the story of tonight.
MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE: Let’s have another round tonight.
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Laurens Quotes in Hamilton
The Hamilton quotes below are all either spoken by Laurens or refer to Laurens . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1: The Story of Tonight
Quotes
LAURENS: Raise a glass to the four of us.
HAMILTON, LAURENS, MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE: Tomorrow there’ll be more of us.
HAMILTON, LAURENS: Telling the story of tonight.
MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE: Let’s have another round tonight.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
