who played the title role?
Joseph Jefferson
Our American Cousin
 the title character played by Joseph Jefferson and Edward Askew Sothern, playing Lord Dundreary, who eventually parlayed this supporting role into a leading one. The play's long-running 1861 London production was another decided hit.


who was william h. seward? He was United States Secretary of State, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States Senator. where was he born? Village of Florida which political party did he represent? Republican Party when did he become the governor? January 1, 1839 has he done a campaign for any other leader? Yes, for  Lincoln when did he become the president of america? 1861 whom did he defeat in the election? UNANSWERABLE what were his views on politics? To resolve ongoing political power struggle between Whigs and Democrats. how did he die? He was assassinated. who killed him? John Wilkes Booth what was he? He was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln what made him do so? He was against  President Lincoln's initiation on abolition of slavery in the United States when did it happen? April 14, 1865 where? Ford's Theatre was that an official visit? No, Lincoln and his wife went to attend the play "Our American Cousin" who were the characters in it? Lord Dundreary
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Our American Cousin [SEP] Introduction
Although the play achieved great renown during its first few years and remained very popular throughout the second half of the 19th century, it is best remembered in modern times as the play U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was attending in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., when he was assassinated by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth in 1865.