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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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy play ⓘ
farce ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
publicationYear 1858 ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
subjectMatter clash of American and British manners ⓘ
theatricalForm three-act play ⓘ
workPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
writer Tom Taylor ⓘ

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln → LincolnWasAttending → play "Our American Cousin" ⓘ