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