Dion Boucicault
Dion Boucicault, maiden name: Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot ( born May 26, 1820, according to other sources 1822 in Dublin, † September 18, 1890 in New York City ) was an Irish- American playwright, writer and actor.
Biography
The son of the physicist and writer Dionysius Lardner and Mary Boursiquots made his debut as a playwright on March 4, 1841 the premiere of his play London Assurance in Covent Garden, where it was then known theater actor Charles Matthews, William Farren, Mrs. Nesbitt and Madame Vestris roles were. In quick succession he wrote a number of other successful songs like Old Heads and Young Hearts (1844 ), Louis XVI. and The Corsican Brothers ( 1852). In June 1852 he made his debut as a stage actor in the melodrama The Vampire written by him, which was performed at the Princess Theatre in London.
From 1853 to 1859 he lived in the United States, where he wrote popular plays such as The Poor of New York ( 1857) by the audience. After his return to England he wrote The Colleen Bawn (1860 ), a dramatic adaptation of the novel The Collegians by Gerald Griffin, and also produced the world premiere of the play at the Adelphi Theatre, London. This play, which was one of the most successful dramas of the time, was listed in almost every city of the United Kingdom and the United States. The obviously acquired assets lost by Boucicault be faulty management of some of London theaters.
His next play The Octoroon (1861 ) was able to follow the success of The Colleen Bawn. In 1865, first performed at the Princess Theatre piece Arrah -na- Pogue, he assumed the role of a coachman from County Wicklow. The piece was so popular that Charles Henry Webb in 1865 still brought in San Francisco under the title Arrah -na- poke a parody of the theater stage. In 1866, he created an acclaimed adaptation of the story Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving. After the play, The O'Dowd (1873 ), he wrote the 1874 drama The Saughraun. At its premiere in 1875 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, he took over the role of the "Con" and thus acquired, as well as his appearance in Arrah -na- Pogue 's reputation as the best Irish stage actor of his time.
In 1875 he returned to New York City and settled there eventually settled, where he paid occasional visits to London and there in his play The Jilt had his last stage appearance in 1886. His last published dramas include The Streets of London and After Dark. In New York City, he also ran a drama school, whose pupils Maxine Elliott belonged.
From his first marriage to actress Agnes Robertson, an adopted daughter of Charles Kean, actress Nina Boucicault, the actor, writer and poet Aubrey Boucicault and the director Dion G. Boucicault emerged.
His plays are still listed as London Assurance in Paris in 1998 with Marina Hands and The Corsican Brothers 2008 in Dublin with Vincent Riotta.