play "Our American Cousin"

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comedy play farce stage play

"Our American Cousin" is an 1858 three-act farcical stage comedy by English playwright Tom Taylor, best known as the play being performed at Ford's Theatre when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

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Our American Cousin ×47

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy play → farce → stage play →
associatedWithEvent	assassination of Abraham Lincoln →
author	Tom Taylor →
character	Abel Murcott → Asa Trenchard → Florence Trenchard → Grits → Lieutenant Vernon → Lord Dundreary → Mary Meredith → Mrs. Mountchessington → Sir Edward Trenchard → Skillet →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
creatorNationality	English →
firstPerformanceDate	1858 →
genre	comedy → farce →
hasCharacterType	British aristocrat stereotype → Yankee stereotype →
hasInfluenceOn	American theatrical caricatures of English aristocracy →
hasMedium	theatre →
hasNotableLine	You sockdologizing old man-trap →
hasNotableProduction	Ford's Theatre performance on April 14, 1865 →
hasOriginalMedium	live stage performance →
hasSetting	England →
hasTheme	social class differences → transatlantic cultural differences →
hasTitle	Our American Cousin →
historicalPeriod	19th century →
isInThePublicDomain	true →
mainCharacter	Asa Trenchard →
notableFor	being performed at Ford's Theatre during the assassination of Abraham Lincoln →
numberOfActs	3 →
originalLanguage	English →
performanceDateAtFordTheatre	1865-04-14 →
performedAt	Ford's Theatre →
playwright	Tom Taylor →
premiereLocation	United States →
publicationYear	1858 →
structure	three acts →
subjectMatter	clash of American and British manners →
theatricalForm	three-act play →
workPeriod	Victorian era →
writer	Tom Taylor →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln →	LincolnWasAttending