See also:

• DION

DION See also:

• DION BOUCICAULT (1822–1890)

BOUCICAULT (1822–1890)  , Irish actor and playwright, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin on the 26th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1822, the son of a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French refugee and an Irish See also:

• MOTHER

mother . Before he was twenty he was fortunate enough to make an immediate success as a dramatist with See also:

• LONDON

London Assurance, produced at Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden on the 4th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1841, with a See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast that included See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• MATTHEWS, STANLEY (1824-1889)

Matthews, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• FARREN, ELIZABETH (c. 1759-1829)
• FARREN, WILLIAM (1786-1861)

Farren, Mrs Nesbitt and Madame See also:

• VESTRIS, GAETANO APPOLINO BALDASSARE (1729-18o8)
• VESTRIS, LUCIA ELIZABETH (1797—1856)

Vestris . He rapidly followed this with a number of other plays, among the most successful of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early ones being Old Heads and See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young See also:

• HEARTS

Hearts, See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XI., and The Corsican See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1852 he made his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance as an actor in a See also:

• MELODRAMA (a coined word from Gr. µEXos, music, and Spaµa, action)

melodrama of his own entitled The See also:

• VAMPIRE

Vampire at the Princess's See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre . From 1853 to 1869 he was in the See also:

• UNITED

United States, where he was always a popular favourite . On his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he produced at the Adelphi a dramatic See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of Gerald See also:

• GRIFFIN
• GRIFFIN [O'GRIoBTA, O'GREEVA], GERALD (1803-1840)
• GRIFFIN, GRIFFON

Griffin's novel, The Collegians, entitled The Colleen Bawn . This See also:

• PLAY

play, one of the most successful of See also:

• MODERN

modern times, was performed in almost every See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of the United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom and the United States, and made its author a handsome See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, which he lost in the management of various London theatres . It was followed by The See also:

• OCTOROON, or OCTAROON (from Lat. octo, eight, formed on the example of quadroon)

Octoroon (1861), the popularity of which was almost as See also:

• GREAT

great . See also:

• BOUCICAULT, DION (1822–1890)

Boucicault's next marked success was at the Princess's theatre in 1865 with Arrah-na-Pogue, in which he played the See also:

• PART

part of a See also:

• WICKLOW

Wicklow carman, This, and his admirable creation of See also:

• CON

Con in his play The Shaughraun (first produced at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane in 1875), won him the reputation of being the best See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage Irishman of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . In 1875 he returned to New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York City and finally made his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home there, but he paid occasional visits to London, where his last appearance was made in his play, The Jilt, in 1886 . The Streets of London and After Dark were two of his See also:

• LATE

late successes as a dramatist . He died in New York on the 18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1890 .

Boucicault was twice married, his first wife being See also:

• AGNES, SAINT

Agnes See also:

• ROBERTSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816-1853)
• ROBERTSON, GEORGE CROOM (1842-1892)
• ROBERTSON, JOSEPH (1810-1866)
• ROBERTSON, THOMAS WILLIAM (1829-1871)
• ROBERTSON, WILLIAM BRUCE (182o-1886)

Robertson, the adopted daughter of Charles See also:

• KEAN, EDMUND (1787–1833)

Kean, and herself an actress of unusual ability . Three See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, See also:

• DION

Dion (b . 1859), See also:

• AUBREY, JOHN (1626-1697)

Aubrey (b . 1868) and Nina, also became distinguished in the profession .