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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Abraham Lincoln was shot in the back of the head while watching "My American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre in 1865, five days after the end of the Civil War.
"Our American Cousin"
When Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre he was watching the play "Our American Cousin".
Abraham Lincoln was watching "My American Cousin."
He was watching the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's theater.