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Boucicault
[ boo-see-kawlt, -koh ]
noun
- Di·on [dahy, -on, -, uh, n], 1822–90, Irish playwright and actor, in the U.S. after 1853.
Boucicault
/ ˈbuːsɪˌkəʊ /
noun
- BoucicaultDion18221890MIrishTHEATRE: dramatistTHEATRE: actor 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)
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The taste, the rage for Burlesque, dates from almost the same moment as the introduction of the Boucicault drama.
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Many of Dion Boucicault's Irish characters can be admirably imitated.
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The exact reversal of the Lear suggestion in the last act was an inspiration, his own and not Boucicault's.
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The reader has not forgot the garrison of French, whom the marshal Boucicault left behind him for the defence of Constantinople.
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Mr. Boucicault, however, had no faith in the piece or the actor's plan, and down to the last moment prophesied failure.
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