Our American Cousin
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Our American Cousin is an 1858 play in three acts by English playwright Tom Taylor. The play is a farce whose plot is based on the introduction of an awkward, boorish, but honest American, Asa Trenchard, to his aristocratic English relatives when he goes to England to claim the family estate. It premiered at Laura Keene's Theatre in New York City on October 15, 1858, and the title character was first played by Joseph Jefferson. Although the play achieved great renown during its first few years, and remained very popular throughout the second half of the 19th century, it is now best known as the play U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was attending in Ford's Theatre when he was assassinated by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865. Due to this fact, it has also received a song written by Molly Lewis of the same title.
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- Related: John T. Ford
| The history of Our American Cousin The history of Our American Cousin boothiebarn.com/2012/04/14/our-american-cousin/ - Web |
| Modern look at the play Modern look at the play www.slate.com/id/2211071/ - Web |
| Audio recording of the play Audio recording of the play www.lostplays.com/play/our-american-cousin - Web |
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