Tom Taylor

Our American Cousin. Note of interest: This was the play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated. Our American Cousin is a three-act play written by English playwright Tom Taylor. The play opened in London in 1858 but quickly made its way to the U.S and premiered at Laura Keene's Theatre in New York City later that year. It remained popular in the U.S and England for the next several decades. The play is a classic Victorian farce with...