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professional name of Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (1822?–90), Irish-American playwright and actor, born in Dublin. His first play, London Assurance (1841), was followed by other successes, including Old Heads and Young Hearts (1844) and The Corsican Brothers (1852). From 1853 until 1876, when he took up permanent residence in New York City, Boucicault divided his time between England and the U.S. He wrote more than 150 plays, many of which were translations or adaptations of novels. He is best known for his topical melodramas, among them The Poor of New York (1857). In the Octoroon (1859), he was the first playwright to treat blacks as serious characters. Also highly popular were his adaptation (1865) of Rip Van Winkle and his many Irish dramas, including The Colleen Bawn (1860) and The Shaughraun (1874). A successful actor, he also wrote The Art of Acting, not published until 1917.
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BOUCICAULT, Dion,
BOUCICAULT, Dion,. professional name of Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (1822?–90), Irish-American playwright and actor, born in Dublin. From 1853 until 1876, when he took up permanent residence in New York City, Boucicault divided his time between . . .
ENCYCLOPEDIA: DRAMA AND DRAMATIC ARTS.
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