Act I

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Act I is the opening section of the 19th-century stage comedy "Our American Cousin," in which the main characters and central comedic conflicts are first introduced.

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Act I canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf act of a play ⓘ
theatrical work section ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dramaticRole establishes comedic misunderstandings ⓘ
introduces inheritance and social-status themes ⓘ
sets up Anglo-American cultural contrasts ⓘ
featuresCharacter Asa Trenchard ⓘ
Florence Trenchard ⓘ
Lord Dundreary ⓘ
Mary Meredith ⓘ
Mrs. Mountchessington ⓘ
Sir Edward Trenchard ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1858-10-15 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Laura Keene's Theatre, New York City ⓘ
followedBy Act II (Our American Cousin) ⓘ
linked to: Our American Cousin
genre farce ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ
hasActNumber 1 ⓘ
narrativeFunction establishment of central comedic conflicts ⓘ
introduction of main characters ⓘ
opening section of the play ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Our American Cousin ⓘ
partOfFictionalUniverse Our American Cousin fictional world ⓘ
performanceStructureRole establishes tone and style of humor for the play ⓘ
precededBy no earlier act ⓘ
settingLocation Trenchard family estate in England ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century ⓘ
usedInHistoricalEvent Assassination of Abraham Lincoln performance context ⓘ
workAuthor Tom Taylor ⓘ
workTitle Act I ⓘ

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Act I (Our American Cousin) → workTitle → Act I ⓘ
subject linked to: Act I