Our American Cousin, The play Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated

Biography & Memoir, Political
Cover of the book Our American Cousin, The play Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated by Tom Taylor, B&R Samizdat Express
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Tom Taylor ISBN: 9781455333936
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Tom Taylor
ISBN: 9781455333936
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English
According to Wikipedia: "Our American Cousin is a play in three acts by Tom Taylor. The play is a farcical comedy whose plot is based on the introduction of an awkward, boorish American to his aristocratic English relatives. It premiered at Laura Keene's Theatre in New York City on October 15, 1858. The play's most famous performance came seven years later, however, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. Halfway through Act III, Scene 2, the character Asa Trenchard (the title role), played that night by Harry Hawk, utters a line that while considered one of the play's funniest, makes little sense out of context: "Don't know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal? You sockdologizing old man-trap..." During the raucous laughter that followed this line, John Wilkes Booth, an actor who received his mail at Ford's Theatre but who was not in the cast of Our American Cousin, shot President Abraham Lincoln. "
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
According to Wikipedia: "Our American Cousin is a play in three acts by Tom Taylor. The play is a farcical comedy whose plot is based on the introduction of an awkward, boorish American to his aristocratic English relatives. It premiered at Laura Keene's Theatre in New York City on October 15, 1858. The play's most famous performance came seven years later, however, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. Halfway through Act III, Scene 2, the character Asa Trenchard (the title role), played that night by Harry Hawk, utters a line that while considered one of the play's funniest, makes little sense out of context: "Don't know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal? You sockdologizing old man-trap..." During the raucous laughter that followed this line, John Wilkes Booth, an actor who received his mail at Ford's Theatre but who was not in the cast of Our American Cousin, shot President Abraham Lincoln. "

More books from B&R Samizdat Express

Cover of the book The Indiscretion of the Duchess by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Don Quixote in Spanish) by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book The Promised Land by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book The Wine-Ghosts of Bremen by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book O Carrasco De Victor Hugo José Alves by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book The Infernal Marriage by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book Les Loups de Paris, in French, both volumes in a single file by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book Building a State in Apache Land (1894) by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book The Wit and Humor of America Volume 3 by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book The Mason-Bees by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book Sunset Pass, Or Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book The History of England from the Accession of James II, all five volumes in a single file by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book L'Elixir de Vie: Conte Magique (in the original French) by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book Prisoners of Chance: the story of what befell Geoffrey Benteen, borderman, through his love for a lady of France by Tom Taylor
Cover of the book A Soldier of Virginia, A Tale of Colonel Washington and Braddock's Defeat by Tom Taylor
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy