CODE DUELLO: HAMILTON AND BURR

Tickets: $10, available through The Second City Box Office, 312.337.3992, or on-line at www.secondcity.com 

On July 11, 1804, the most famous duel in American history was fought. The rivals were Alexander Hamilton, former Secretary of Treasury of the United States, and Aaron Burr, sitting Vice President of the United States. The outcome of the duel is well-known: Hamilton was fatally wounded.

It was an affair of honor. However, Burr and Hamilton's animosity ran much deeper than political rivalry. The two men, whose early letters indicate that they were once friendly, were brought to blows over the simplest of insults. Historians still debate the true source of their mutual hatred. What drives two men to fire shots at each other? How can friends transform so swiftly into mortal enemies? Why did Burr and Hamilton hate each other with the fiery passion of a thousand suns? Code Duello: Hamilton & Burr dares to solve the mysteries that biographers fear! Each night, two Boston improvisers don the wigs and waistcoats of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, improvising the lives of our two angriest founding fathers.

Code Duello: Hamilton and Burr

Neil Reynolds
Matt Tucker

www.codeduelloimprov.com

www.myspace.com/codeduello