biography
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Boucicault, Dion
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originally Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot
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pronunciation:
[booseekolt, -koh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1820–90)
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| biography:
| Playwright, actor, and theatre manager, born in Dublin, Ireland. A versatile theatrical personality, he wrote or adapted some 130 plays, including London Assurance (1841) and The Poor of New York (1857), becoming one of the most popular playwrights of his era. Most of his plays are now forgotten, but The Octoroon (1860) is notable for its condemnation of slavery. He moved to America in 1853, where, along with George Henry Boker (1823–90) and others, he worked to pass the first American Copyright Law of 1856. He was later based in London (1862–72), then returned to the USA. |
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