What play was Abraham Lincoln watching when he was assassinated?

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The play was was an 1858 three-act farce by Tom Taylor called "Our American Cousin". Booth knew the play by heart and timed his entry into the Presidential Box to a point in Act III, Scene 2 that always brought on laughter by the audience, and it was at that moment that he struck.

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