Act II

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Act II is the middle segment of the 1858 comic play "Our American Cousin," in which the plot and character conflicts further develop toward the story’s climax.

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Act II canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf act of a play ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dramaticPacingRole escalation of social conflict ⓘ
intensification of misunderstandings ⓘ
preparation for resolution in Act III ⓘ
dramaticStructureElement rising action ⓘ
featuresCharacter Asa Trenchard ⓘ
Florence Trenchard ⓘ
Lord Dundreary ⓘ
Mary Meredith ⓘ
Mrs. Mountchessington ⓘ
Sir Edward Trenchard ⓘ
followedBy Act III (Our American Cousin) ⓘ
follows Act I (Our American Cousin) ⓘ
linked to: Our American Cousin
genre comedy ⓘ
hasForm comic scenes ⓘ
farce elements ⓘ
stage dialogue ⓘ
hasMedium theatre ⓘ
hasSetting Trenchard family estate ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin Victorian era ⓘ
intendedAudience theatre-going public ⓘ
narrativeFunction build-up to climax ⓘ
development of character conflicts ⓘ
development of plot ⓘ
narrativePosition middle act ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Our American Cousin ⓘ
partOfFictionalUniverse Our American Cousin fictional world ⓘ
partOfWorkType three-act play ⓘ
publicationYear 1858 ⓘ
workAuthor Tom Taylor ⓘ
workBasedOn contemporary Anglo-American social stereotypes ⓘ
workTitle Act II ⓘ

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