Dion Boucicault | |
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 Dion Boucicault, c. 1862 | |
| Born | Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot 26 December 1820 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 18 September 1890 (aged 69) New York City, United States |
| Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Playwright, actor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British subject, Anglo-Irish |
| Notable works | London Assurance, The Octoroon, The Colleen Bawn, The Shaughraun |
| Spouse | Anne Guiot (m.1845–d.1845) Agnes Kelly Robertson (m.1853–d.1916; marriage dissolved 1888) Josephine Louise Thorndyke (m.1885–1890; his death) (bigamously) |
| Children | Dion William Boucicault (1855–76) Eva Boucicault (1857–1909) Dionysius George Boucicault Jr. (1859–1929) Patrice Boucicault (1862 – 1890) Nina Boucicault (1867–1950) Aubrey Boucicault (1868–1913) |
| Relatives | Dionysius Lardner (putative father) Anne Darley (mother) George Darley (uncle) |
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Dionysius Lardner "Dion" Boucicault /ˈdaɪˌɒn ˈbuːsɪˌkoʊ/[1] (né Boursiquot; 26 December 1820[2] – 18 September 1890) was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had become known on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the most successful actor-playwright-managers then in the English-speaking theatre. The New York Times hailed him in his obituary as "the most conspicuous English dramatist of the 19th century,";[3] he and his second wife, Agnes Robertson Boucicault, applied for and received American citizenship in 1873.[4]
- ^ 1980 radio drama of "Shaughraun".
- ^ Or 1822
- ^ "Dion Boucicault Dead". The New York Times. 19 September 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 11 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fawkes, Richard (1979). Dion Boucicault: A Biography. London: Quartet Books. p. 187.