Our American Cousin

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farce person play theatre building

Our American Cousin is an 1858 three-act farce by Tom Taylor, best known as the play being performed at Ford's Theatre when U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Our American Cousin canonical	26
Performance of Our American Cousin	2
Our American Cousin (1858 play)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	farce ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ play ⓘ theatre building ⓘ
assassinated	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
associatedWith	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
author	Tom Taylor ⓘ
committedAssassinationDuring	Our American Cousin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Performance of Our American Cousin
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creatorOccupation	playwright ⓘ
dateOfFirstPerformance	1858 ⓘ
dateOfNotableEvent	1865-04-14 ⓘ
genre	farce ⓘ
hasCharacterType	British aristocrat ⓘ Yankee stereotype ⓘ
hasPart	Act I ⓘ Act II ⓘ Act III ⓘ
historicalSignificance	Play being performed when U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableCharacter	Asa Trenchard ⓘ Lord Dundreary ⓘ
notableEvent	Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
notablePerformanceVenue	Ford's Theatre ⓘ
notableWork	Our American Cousin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
numberOfActs	3 ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ playwright ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
performedAt	Ford's Theatre ⓘ
performedOnDate	1865-04-14 ⓘ
performedProfessionallyIn	theatre ⓘ
positionHeld	President of the United States ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
setting	England ⓘ
subjectMatter	Culture clash between an American and English aristocracy ⓘ
wasAssassinatedAt	Ford's Theatre ⓘ
wasAssassinatedDuring	Our American Cousin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Performance of Our American Cousin
workPeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
writer	Tom Taylor ⓘ
yearWritten	1858 ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

play "Our American Cousin" → hasTitle → Our American Cousin ⓘ

subject surface form: Our American Cousin

Tom Taylor → notableWork → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Lord Dundreary → fictionalUniverse → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Lord Dundreary → firstAppearanceInWork → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Florence Trenchard → appearsIn → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Florence Trenchard → fictionalUniverse → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Mrs. Mountchessington → fictionalUniverse → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Mrs. Mountchessington → appearsIn → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Lieutenant Vernon → appearsIn → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Lieutenant Vernon → workTitle → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Grits → appearsIn → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Grits → fictionalUniverse → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Skillet → appearsIn → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Skillet → createdFor → Our American Cousin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Our American Cousin (1858 play)

Our American Cousin → notableWork → Our American Cousin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Tom Taylor

Our American Cousin → wasAssassinatedDuring → Our American Cousin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Abraham Lincoln

this entity surface form: Performance of Our American Cousin

Our American Cousin → committedAssassinationDuring → Our American Cousin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: John Wilkes Booth

this entity surface form: Performance of Our American Cousin

Asa Trenchard → protagonistOf → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Asa Trenchard → appearsIn → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Asa Trenchard → fictionalUniverse → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Sir Edward Trenchard → appearsInWork → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Sir Edward Trenchard → fictionalUniverse → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Abel Murcott → appearsIn → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Abel Murcott → fictionalUniverse → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Mary Meredith → appearsIn → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Mary Meredith → fictionalUniverse → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Mary Meredith → firstAppearance → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Mary Meredith → partOfCastOfCharacters → Our American Cousin ⓘ

Lincoln Chair from Ford’s Theatre → associatedWithPerformance → Our American Cousin ⓘ