Dion Boucicault

(1820/22(?) - 1890)

Irish-American actor, producer and dramatist. Dionysius Lardner Boucicault born in Dublin on either December 26, 1820 or December 20, 1822 to Anne Darley Boursiquot who had divorced her husband in 1819. Her son's paternity is in some doubt although the indications are that his father was Dionysius Lardner a writer who financed Boucicault's education.

Stage Works

Since some plays remain in manuscript, this list is necessarily incomplete.

1. London Assurance. Play. Produced London, Covent Garden, Mar. 4, 1841. Written under the pseudonym Lee Morton.
2. Alma Mater, or A Curse for Coquettes. Play. Produced London, Haymarket Theatre, 1842.
3. A Lover by Proxy. Play. Produced London, Haymarket Theatre, 1842.
4. The Irish Heiress. Play. Produced London, Covent Garden, 1842.
5. The Old Guard. Play. Produced London, Princess's Theatre, 1843.
6. Woman. Play. Produced London, Covent Garden, 1843.
7. Old Heads and Young Hearts. Play. Produced London, Haymarket Theatre, 1844.
8. Used Up. Farce. Produced London, Haymarket Theatre, Feb. 6, 1844.
9. The School for Scheming. Comedy. Produced London, Haymarket Theatre, 1847.
10. Confidence. Comedy. Produced London, Haymarket Theatre, 1848.
11. The Knight of Arva. Play. Produced London, Haymarket Theatre, 1848.
12. (Adaptation). The Willow Copse. Play. Written 1849. Produced London, Adelphi Theatre, Nov. 26, 1849. Based on Frederic Soulid's La closerie des gents.
13. (With Ben Webster). Giralda or The Miller's Wife. Play. Written 1850.
14. (With J. V. Bridgeman). The Broken Vow. Play. Written 1851.
15. Dame de Pique. Play. Produced London, Drury Lane Theatre, 1851.
16. Love in a Maze. Play. Produced London, Princess's Theatre, Mar. 6, 1851.
17. (Adaptation from the French). The Corsican Brothers. Melodrama. Produced London, Princess's Theatre, 1852.
18. The Prima Donna. Farce. Produced London, Princess's Theatre, 1852.
19. (Adaptation from the French). The Vampire. Melodrama. Produced London, Princess's Theatre, 1852.
20. (Adaptation from the French). Genevieve or The Reign of Terror. Play. Produced London, Adelphi Theatre, 1853.
21. The Fox Hunt. Play. Produced New York, Burton's Theatre, 1853.
22. The Young Actress. Musical interlude. Produced New York, Burton's Theatre, 1853.
23. (Gaelic adaptation). Andy Blake. Play. Produced Boston Museum, 1854. Based on Jean-Frangois-Alfred Bayard's Gamin de Paris.
24. Faust. Play. Produced 1854.
25. (Adaptation). Janet Pride. Play. Produced Buffalo, 1854. Based in part on Adolphe Dennery and Julien de Mallian's Marie Jeanne.
26. (Adaptation from the French). Pierre the Foundling. Play. Produced London, Adelphi Theatre, 1854.
27. (Adaptation from the French). Eugenie or A Sister's Vow. Produced London, Drury Lane Theatre, 1855.
28. Grimaldi or The Life of an Actress. Play. Produced Cincinnati, 1855. Based on La vie d'une comedienne, by Theodore Barriere and Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois.
29. (Adaptation from the French). Louis XI. Play. Produced 1855.
30. Una. Play. Produced 1856.
31. (Adaptation). Wanted, a Widow. Play. Produced 1857. Based on the vaudeville Monsieur Jovial, by M.-E.-G.-M. Theaulon de Lambert and Adolphe Choquart.
32. (Adaptation). The Poor of New York. Melodrama. Produced New York, Wallack's Theatre, Dec. 8, 1857. Based on Les pauvres de Paris, by Edouard-Louis-Alexandre Brisbarre and Eugene Nus.
33. Pauvrette. Play. Produced 1858. (Adaptation) Based on Dennery's Bergpre des Alpes.
34. The Pope of Rome. Play. Produced 1858. Revised version of The Broken Vow.
35. Jessie Brown or The Relief of Lucknow. Play. Produced New York, Wallack's Theatre, Feb. 22, 1858; London, Britannia Theatre, 1859.
36. (Adaptation). Dot. Play. Produced 1859. Based on Charles Dickens's The Cricket on the Hearth (1845).
37. (Adaptation). Nicholas Nickleby. Play. Produced 1859. Based on Dickens's novel (1838-1839).
38. (Adaptation). The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana. Melodrama. Produced New York, Winter Garden, Dec. 5, 1859. Revised version: Produced London, Adelphi Theatre, 1861. Based on Mayne Reid's novel The Quadroon (1856).
39. 39. (Adaptation). The Trial of Effie Deans. Play. Written 1860. Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian (1818).
40. (Adaptation). Vanity Fair. Play. Written 1860. Based on Les fanfarons du Vise, by Philippe Dumanoir and Edmond Desnoyers de Bieville.
41. (Adaptation). The Colleen Bawn. Melodrama. Produced New York Laura Keene's Theatre, Mar. 29, 1860; London and Dublin, 1860. Based on the novel The Collegians (1829), by Gerald Griffin.
42. (With John Oxenford). The Lily of Killarney. Opera libretto. Produced 1862. Music: Sir Julius Benedict.
43. How She Loves Him. Play. Produced New York, 1863.
44. Arrah-na-Pogue, or The Wicklow Wedding. Play, in Gaelic. Produced Dublin, 1864.
45. The Poor of Liverpool and The Streets of London. Produced London, 1864. Revision of The Poor of New York.
46. Omoo, or The Sea of Ice. Play. Written 1864.
47. (Adaptation; with Joseph Jefferson). Rip Van Winkle. Folk drama. Written 1865. Produced London, Adelphi Theatre, 1865. Based on the story by Washington living (1819).
48. The Flying Scud or Four-Legged Fortune. Play. Written 1866.
49. (Adaptation). The Long Strike. Play. Written 1866. Based on novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
50. The Parish Clerk. Play. Written 1866.
51. The Two Lives of Mary Leigh. Play. Written 1866.
52. (Adaptation). A Wild Goose; also known as The Scamp. Play. Written 1867. Based on Rosedale (1863), by Lester Wallack.
53. After Dark, a Tale of London Life. Play. Written 1868.
54. (With Charles Reade). Foul Play. Play. Written 1868.
55. Formosa or The Railroad to Ruin. Play. Written 1869.
56. (With Henry James Byron). Lost at Sea, a London Story. Play. Written 1869.
57. Presumptive Evidence; also known as Mary Dodd. Play. Written 1869.
58. Seraphine or A Devotee. Play. Written 1869.
59. Jezebel or The Dead Reckoning. Play. Written 1870.
60. Paul La Farge or Self Made. Play. Written 1870.
61. The Rapparee or The Treaty of Limerick. Play. Written 1870.
62. Elfie or The Cherry Tree Inn. Play. Written 1871.
63. (Adaptation from the French). Night and Morning. Play. Written 1871.
64. (With James Planché). Babil and Bijou; or The Lost Regalia. Play. Produced London, Covent Garden, 1872.
65. (Adaptation). John Bull. Play. Written 1872. Based on George Colman's play of the same name (1803).
66. (Adaptation). Led Astray. Play. Written 1873. Produced New York, Union Square Theatre, 1873. Based on Octave Feuillet's La tentation.
67. (Adaptation). Mimi. Play. Written 1873. Based on Scènes de la vie de bohème (1851), by Henri Murger.
68. (Gaelic adaptation). The O'Dowd. Play. Written 1873. Produced London, 1880. Based on Les crochets du pyre Martin, by Eugene Cormon and Eugene Grange.
69. Belle Lamar. Play. Produced New York, Booth's Theatre, Aug. 10, 1874. Revised as Fin Maccoul.
70. The Shaughraun. Play. Produced New York, Wallack's Theatre, 1874.
71. Forbidden Fruit. Play. Written 1876.
72. Marriage. Play. Written 1877. Produced London, 1880, as A Bridal Tour.
73. (Adaptation). Clarissa Harlowe. Play. Written 1878. Based on Samuel Richardson's novel (1747-1748).
74. Norah's Vows. Play. Written 1878.
75. Contempt of Court. Play. Written 1879.
76. Rescued or A Girl's Romance. Play. Written 1879.
77. The Amadan. Play. Produced Boston, 1883.
78. (Adaptation). Vice Versa. Play. Written 1883. Based on Le truc d'Arthur, by Henri-Alfred Duru and Henri-Charles Chivot.
79. Robert Emmett. Play. Written 1884.
80. (Adaptation). The Jilt. Play. Produced Boston, 1885. Based on a story by Hawley Smart.
81. (Adaptation). The Spae Wife. Play. Written 1886. Based on Scott's novel Guy Mannering (1815).
82. Fin Maccoul. Play. Produced London, 1887. Revised version of Belle Lamar.
83. Don César de Bazan. (Adaptation; with Webster).Play. Produced London, Adelphi Theatre. Based on the play of the same name by Dumanoir and Dennery.
84. The Fox and the Goose or The Widow's Husband. (With Webster). Operetta. Produced London, Adelphi Theatre.