Our American Cousin
By Lowell Swortzell
Our American Cousin is a play that needs 18 or more performers (6 women, 12 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 18 or more performers
- Roles
- 6 women, 12 men
- Cast notes
- 12m., 6w. (extras) .
- Recommended level
- Elementary
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- historical
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
This unusual show depicts with historical and theatrical accuracy the performance given by Laura Keene and her company in Ford's Theatre the night President Lincoln was assassinated. It is partly the play and partly the events of that tragic night. At the exact moment Lincoln was shot, the play-within-the-play is interrupted— The play is set in its historical context, starting in 1890 with a garrulous old night watchman who sets the scene, in a second flashback, as it was on April 14, 1865. Act
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