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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Boucicault

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

From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2022

“This country just never finds a break!” bemoaned Haitian entrepreneur Marc Alain Boucicault on Twitter.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2021

“This country just never finds a break! Each year of mismanagement did not hurt but the cumulative effects made us vulnerable to everything,” Haitian entrepreneur Marc Alain Boucicault wrote on Twitter.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2021

The case was not in online court records and it was unclear if Boucicault had an attorney.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2019

This is not the most ancient form of the ballad, but it is the form into which it was recast by Boucicault, and which has long taken the place of all others.

From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

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