Timeline
Lifetime:
1817 -
1880
Passed: ≈
144 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Tom Taylor
Books by Tom Taylor
Our American Cousin
Satire
Comedy
Drama
Family
Marriage
Play
Love
Social Satire
Comedy
Identity
Aristocracy
Farce
Humor
American
English
Estate
Culture Clash
Our American Cousin is a three-act farce by English playwright Tom Taylor, first staged in 1858. The play centers on Asa Trenchard, a naive and somewhat uncouth American who arrives in England to claim his family's estate. His arrival throws the aris...