Dion Boucicault

Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (born December 26, circa 1820 – died September 18, 1890), an Irish actor and playwright.

Selected Works

• London Assurance (1841)
• Old Heads and Young Hearts (1844)
• The Corsican Brothers (1852)
• The Vampire (1852)
• Louis XI (1855)
• The Octoroon or Life in Louisiana (1859)
• The Colleen Bawn or The Brides of Garryowen (1860)
• Arrah-na-Pogue (1864)
• Rip van Winkle or The Sleep of Twenty Years (1866)
• After Dark: A Tale of London Life (1868)
• The Shaugraun (1874)
• The Jilt (1885)