Boucicault

[boo-see-kawlt, -koh]

noun

1. Dion 1822–90, Irish playwright and actor, in the U.S. after 1853.

Boucicault

/ ˈbuːsɪˌkəʊ /

noun

1. Dion (ˈdaɪɒn). real name Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot 1822–90, Irish dramatist and actor. His plays include London Assurance (1841), The Octoroon (1859), and The Shaughran (1874)

Example Sentences

JACOBS-JENKINS When I wrote it, I was really interested in this writer named Dion Boucicault.

Read more on New York Times

A satirical adaptation of Dion Boucicault’s “The Octoroon,” a 19th-century melodrama about the tragic love story between a European-educated white plantation owner and the play’s titular character, an enslaved woman, the play inspired critical raves and hot ticket sales.

Read more on New York Times

One of the earliest headlines about him in The New York Times, in 1863, was the simple “Dion Boucicault in Trouble.”

Read more on New York Times

For the most part, the show deftly balances dark and light even as it retains Boucicault’s social critique of the rich nonchalantly crushing the poor.

Read more on New York Times

The 19th-century playwright Dion Boucicault cut an uncommonly colorful figure — prodigal, voracious, cavalier.

Read more on New York Times