Boucicault

American  

[boo-see-kawlt, -koh] / ˈbu siˌkɔlt, -ˌkoʊ /

noun

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

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Boucicault British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

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

From 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.

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

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

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Scandal, riches, penury — the Dublin-born Boucicault knew each of those states from the inside, and was brilliant at weaving them into luridly entertaining melodramas.

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