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See also:BOUCICAULT, See also:DION (1822–1890) , Irish actor and playwright, was See also:born in See also:Dublin on the 26th of See also:December 1822, the son of a See also:French refugee and an Irish See also:mother. Before he was twenty he was fortunate enough to make an immediate success as a dramatist with See also:London Assurance, produced at Covent See also:Garden on the 4th of See also:March 1841, with a See also:cast that included See also:Charles See also: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, Mrs Nesbitt and Madame See also:Vestris. He rapidly followed this with a number of other plays, among the most successful of the See also:early ones being Old Heads and See also:Young See also: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. In See also:June 1852 he made his first See also:appearance as an actor in a See also:melodrama of his own entitled The See also:Vampire at the Princess's See also:theatre. From 1853 to 1869 he was in the See also:United States, where he was always a popular favourite. On his return to See also:England he produced at the Adelphi a dramatic See also:adaptation of Gerald See also:Griffin's novel, The Collegians, entitled The Colleen Bawn. This See also:play, one of the most successful of See also:modern times, was performed in almost every See also:city of the United See also:Kingdom and the United States, and made its author a handsome See also:fortune, which he lost in the management of various London theatres. It was followed by The See also:Octoroon (1861), the popularity of which was almost as See also:great. 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 of a See also:Wicklow carman, This, and his admirable creation of See also:Con in his play The Shaughraun (first produced at See also:Drury See also:Lane in 1875), won him the reputation of being the best See also: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 City and finally made his See also: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 successes as a dramatist. He died in New York on the 18th of See also:September 1890.
Boucicault was twice married, his first wife being See also:Agnes See also:Robertson, the adopted daughter of Charles See also:Kean, and herself an actress of unusual ability. Three See also:children, Dion (b. 1859), See also:Aubrey (b. 1868) and Nina, also became distinguished in the profession.
End of Article: BOUCICAULT, DION (1822–1890)
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