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Our American Cousin

Tom Taylor

Our American Cousin

Our American Cousin

Tom Taylor

Comedy & Satire, Drama

Step into a whirlwind of Victorian farce as Tom Taylor's *Our American Cousin* introduces Asa Trenchard, a boorish yet honest American, to the stuffy drawing rooms of his aristocratic English relatives. Arriving to claim an inheritance, Asa quickly finds himself entangled in a web of family secrets, financial woes, and damsels in distress. Expect a riotous parade of stock characters, mistaken identities, and the kind of dramatic entrances and exits that define classic 19th-century comedy, all culminating in a delightfully chaotic rescue of fortunes and hearts.

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Our American Cousin is a three-act play written by English playwright Tom Taylor. The play opened in London in 1858 but...

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