Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (born December 26, circa 1820 – died September 18, 1890), an Irish actor and playwright.

Though his mother is known, a identity of his father is confutative. His father will own been French; hence a usual spelling of "Boucicault", however Dion appears to develop been raised Protestant. He was born & educated inside Dublin, Ireland and also studied for a year at a University of London.

When a year around London, England, Boursiquot/Boucicault left to pursue acting in Cheltenham. He joined Macready patch however young, & mass produced his foremost appearance upon a stage by using Benjamin Webster at Bristol, England. Shortly later he began to write plays, at times around conjunction.

His number one play, ''The Legend of the Devil's Dyke opened around Brighton in 1838. 3 years late he incurred quick profits as a dramatist with London Assurance, produced at Covent Garden on March 4, 1841, with the cast that involved such easily-known actors when Charles Mathews, William Farren, Mrs Nesbitt, and Madame Vestris. He quickly followed this by having a total of more plays, among the virtually all successful of the early ones existence Old Heads & Young Hearts, Louis XI, & A Corsican Brothers'', a survive ii plays existence adaptations of French plays.

From either 1853 to 1860 he resided in the United States, where he was universally the popular preferred. Boucicault & his married woman toured a united states & he wrote several successful plays there.

In his go to to England he produced at the Adelphi Theater a dramatic adaptation of Gerald Griffin's novel, The Collegians, entitled The Colleen Bawn. This play, one of a virtually all successful of victims days, was performed within all but each city of the United Kingdom and the United States, and mass produced its creator the handsome fortune, which he wasted in the management of various London theatres. It was followed per anti-slavery play A Octoroon (1861), the popularity of which wwhen well-nigh as low.

When his link to to England, Bousicault was asked per noted Western comedian Joseph Jefferson to adapt Washington Irving's Rip van Winkle. He obliged & produced the version of the darling Our contries classic inside 1866 that would make Jefferson one of a best known & easily-respected comedians of his age.

Boucicault's next marked profits was at a "Princess's Theater" inside 1864 by owning Arrah-na-Pogue, where he played the a share of a County Wicklow, Ireland carman. This, & his admirable creation of "Con" around his play A Shaughraun (1st produced at Drury Lane in 1875), won him a reputation of existence the better stage Irishman of his instance. Within 1875 he returned to New York City and finally processed his at home there, however he paid occasional visits to London, where his survive appearance was mass produced around his play, A Jilt, inside 1885. Wall street of London & Fallowing Dark were ii of his late successes as a playwright.

Boucicault was thrice married (by the IMDB), his first married woman existence 100% however unknown; his 2nd married woman existence Agnes Robertson, a adoptive girl of Charles Kean, and herself an actress of unusual ability world health organization would bear Dion leash toddlers (Dion Jr., natural witharound 1859; Aubrey, innate in 1868; & Nina, date of birth unknown, world health organization would tons became distinguished in the profession). Within 1885, Boucicault suddenly left Agnes to marry the young actress, known as Louise Thorndyke, arousing scandal in each sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Boucicault was an first-class actor, especially inside pathetic area. His plays come mostly adaptations, however come typically super ingenious inside construction, & will have groovy popularity.

He died about a age of 69 inside New York City, presumably by having Louise Thorndyke, whom he married in September 9, 1885, at his side.

Selected Works
London Assurance (1841) Old Heads & Young Hearts (1844) A Corsican Brothers (1852) A Lamia (1852) Louis XI (1855) A Octoroon or even Life within Louisiana (1859) A Colleen Bawn or even A Brides of Garryowen (1860) Arrah-na-Pogue (1864) Rip van Winkle or even A Sleep of Twenty Years (1866) Fallowing Dark: The Tale of London Life (1868) A Shaugraun (1874) A Jilt (1885)