Reviews for Our American Cousin
Review - Our American Cousin
I'll admit that I found this play more interesting for knowing its historical background. The copy I read had a footnote where the shot rang out.
Reviewed by Roger on 1998-09-10 12:00:00
Our American Cousinby Tom Taylor | |
| Category: |
"Drama" |
|---|---|
| Pages: | 102 |
| Year of Publication: | 1851 |
| Date Read: | 09/15/1909 |
| Notes: | The comedy that was playing at Ford's Theater the night Lincoln was shot. Asa Trenchard visits his English relatives, disgusts them at first with his rustic ways, then charms them and solves their problems. In the process, he falls in love. |
| My Rating: | 9 |