Dion Boucicault

Dion Boucicault
Dion Boucicault, c. 1862
Born	Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (1820-12-26)26 December 1820 Dublin, Ireland
Died	18 September 1890(1890-09-18) (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]