Boucicault

He had been secretary to Dion Boucicault, had collaborated with the playwright James Herne, and had a modest success with a play he wrote called Hearts of Oak in Chicago in 1879.

Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

Boucicault wrote some 150 plays—a great number of them adaptations and translations.

Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000

After the death of his first wife, he married a prominent actress, Nina Boucicault, who entertained lavishly; Enrico Caruso even came to sing at their dinner parties.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

After the death of his first wife, he married a prominent actress, Nina Boucicault, who entertained lavishly; Enrico Caruso even came to sing at their dinner parties.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

Stage and screen versions of Peter Pan have featured women in the title role for a century—from Nina Boucicault in 1904 through Cathy Rigby in 1999.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

Stage and screen versions of Peter Pan have featured women in the title role for a century—from Nina Boucicault in 1904 through Cathy Rigby in 1999.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

Boucicault, fashioned out of Washington Irving's story is scarcely worth the reading; and if, a hundred years from now, any student of the drama happens to look it over, he may wonder in vain why it was so beloved, for many, many years, by all America; and there will come no answer, since the actor's art will then be only a tale that is told.

The Theory of the Theatre Clayton Hamilton

I am quite satisfied that though he was severely criticised for the wake scene in his play of "The Shaughraun" at the time it was first produced, the objectionable features in this were more the fault of the actors than of the dramatist; but the subject was an exceedingly risky one, even for a man like Boucicault, and would have been better avoided altogether.

The Life Story of an Old Rebel John Denvir

Boucicault wanted me to go, and dazzled me with figures, but I expect the cautious Charles Reade influenced me against accepting the engagement.

McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 Various

Years ago we had the Chatterton-Boucicault dictum that "SHAKSPEARE spelt failure."

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 14, 1891 Various