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Dionysius Lardner "Dion" Boucicault /ˈdaɪˌɒn ˈbuːsɪˌkoʊ/ (né Boursiquot; 26 December 1820 – 18 September 1890) was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas

Dionysius Lardner "Dion" Boucicault /ˈdaɪˌɒn ˈbuːsɪˌkoʊ/ (né Boursiquot; 26 December 1820 – 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 agers then in the English-speaking theatre.

The Octoroon is a play by Dion Boucicault that opened in 1859 at The Winter Garden Theatre, New York City. Extremely popular, the play was kept running continuously for years by seven road companies. Among antebellum melodramas, it was considered second in popularity only to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). Boucicault adapted the play from the novel The Quadroon by Thomas Mayne Reid (1856)

The Octoroon - or, Life in Louisiana; A Play in Five acts by Dion Boucicault

The Octoroon - or, Life in Louisiana; A Play in Five acts by Dion Boucicault. Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (26 December 1820 (or 1822) – 18 September 1890), commonly known as Dion Boucicault 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 The Octoroon - or, Life in Louisiana; A Play in Five acts by Dion Boucicault.

Dion William Boucicault(1855–76) Eva Boucicault (1857–1909) Dionysius George Boucicault J. There on 5 December 1859, he premiered his new sensation, the anti-slavery potboiler The Octoroon, in which he also starred.

Dion William Boucicault(1855–76) Eva Boucicault (1857–1909) Dionysius George Boucicault Jr. (1859–1929) Patrice Boucicault (1862 – ?) Nina Boucicault (1867–1950) Aubrey Boucicault (1868–1913). Dionysius Lardner (putative father) Anne Darley (mother) George Darley (uncle). This was the first play to treat seriously of the Black American population.

Dion Boucicault The Octoroon. ACT I. Scene I. - A view of the Plantation Terrebonne, in Louisiana. A branch of the Mississippi is seen winding through the Estate

Dion Boucicault The Octoroon. A branch of the Mississippi is seen winding through the Estate. A low built, but extensive Planter's Dwelling, surrounded with a veranda, and raised a few feet from the ground, occupies the L. side. A table and chairs, R. C. Grace discovered sitting at breakfast-table with Children.

Book by Dion Boucicault. In conjunction with An Octoroon by Jacobs-Jenkins, this play is a very intriguing conversation piece.

This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the University of California Libraries

Guess they nebber was born-dem tings! what, dem?-get away!

Author Boucicault Dion. Categories: Fiction Literature, Nonfiction. He possessed vast stocks of disconnected information which a lively narrative gift allowed him to cram into books which would at any rate pass as novels.

Author Boucicault Dion.

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