The C are e r o f Dio n Bouc ic ault To wnse nd W al s h N EW YO RK THE D UNLAP SO CI ETY M C M XV o 1 1 b C pyright, 9 5 , y T H E D UN LAP S O C I ETY fl 00 g i b O i ) , This is on e of an edition of three hundre d c opies prin te d from typ e for Th e D unlap Soc iety in th e mo of Se ember 1 1 nth pt , 9 5 , by The D e Vinne Press Qtflfl tmtfi E CHAPT R I . m a — Origin o f th e B our s iquots or B ourc icaults Th c — ’ family in Dublin Mys te ry o f Di on s parentage — — Was h e born in 1820 or 1822 ? S trong e vi — d ence to prov e that h e was a l ove - child H i s — — e u e e Th e D e m D r D ion r p t d fath r arl y fa ily . y s ins Lardne r CHAPTE R II . — S ch ool - days P ranks with Charl es Lamb Ken —“ ’ ” ney Nap ol eon s Old Guard acte d at Brent — — ford by hi s s ch ool fe ll ow s Extraordinary p r e — ’ c ocity B ec omes an a cto r in 1839 - Barton Hill s r emini s cenc e s o f B ouc i cault at th e Ch eltenham — and Gl ouces ter Th eatre s Rol e s enact e d at Hull — “ ‘ ” — An adaptati on o f Jack S h eppard ~ Plays “ J ack hims e lf und e r th e n om d e théé tr e o f Lee ” More ton E CHAPT R III . — H me to be London As s urance ow. it ca writ — — ’ ten and acte d I ts remarkabl e c a s t Thacke ray s parody of th e play E C HAPT R IV . “ — e s and ou e s 18 Th e con Old H ad Y ng H art , 44 diti on of th e Briti s h dramati s t previ ous to 1850 — - ~Free to forage in France B ouc i c ault in Pari s — Hi s fir s t marriage and r eturn to L ond on D ramati s t and lit e rary advi s e r for C har l es Ke an — Fecundity as an adapte r [VI I ! {toutentg C E PAG E HAPT R V . Fir s t app e aranc e und er hi s own name as an ac — — tor in Lond on An Iri s h vampire Meets Agne s — Rob e rts on H e r e arly c are e r as a c hild s inge r — and j uv enil e actre s s Fall s in love with B ouc i — c ault Th e ir d epartur e for N ew York E C HAPT R VI . ’ Dé u o f A es Ro e s o u o s T e e b t gn b rt n at B rt n h atr , — N ew Yo rk H e r e xtrao rdinary s uc ce s s in B os — — ton Extend e d tour o f th e Unite d S tates A p en — “ pi cture o f N ew York in 1856 Th e P oo r o f N ew ” o k es s e o o r Th e Re e o f uck Y r J i Br wn ; , li f L ” — now B ouci c au1t Op ens a th eatr e in Wa s hing ton E I I C HAPT R V . P artne rs hip with William S tuart at th e Winte r — G e N ew o k os e e ffe s o e co ard n, Y r J ph J r n th ir — ’ me dian B ouc i cault s a s tutene s s at re h e ar s al s — ’ H i s ma s t erly s tage - c raft Agne s Rob e rts on s — “ ” gift for pathos S ucc e s s o f Th e O cto roon I ts tactful tr e atment o f th e s lave ry ques ti on ’ Je ffe rs on s hit as S ale m S cudd er E C HAPT R V III . Th e B ouci caults trans fe r th e ir s e rvi c es to Laura — “ ” Ke ene P roducti on o f Th e Coll e en Bawn ’ Th e ue s o of E c o o u o c tr t ry ily O nn r , p n whi h — ’ Ge rald Gr ifii n ba s e d h i s novel B ouc i c ault s ad ’ mirabl e o riginality in dramatizing Griffin s w o rk — S ucc es s o f th e N ew o k o o play in Y r , L nd n, — D ublin and P ari s Th e nov e lty o f th e wate r cave s c ene Qtuntmts E X CHAPT R I . PAC E ’ — B ouc i c ault s ambiti ons a s a manage r Conve rt s ’ As tley s Cir cus building into th e W e s tmins te r — Th eatr e Chri s tma s pantomi me o f th e Grimaldi — typ e Fia s c o o f th e W e s tmin s te r Theatre ’ B ouci c ault s s econd app e aranc e in th e bank — “ r up tcy court P r ovinc ial pr od ucti on o f Th e ” P oo o f N ew o k oc e for ous c e r Y r , l aliz d vari iti s — As tounding s ucc e s s o f th e play in Lond on I ts c o em o e s D cke s B ou nd nati n by Charl i n , and ’ ci c ault s own opini on of i ts tra s hine s s E X C HAPT R . — B ouc i c ault in h i s nativ e c ity P e culiar r elati ons — e xi s ting b etw e en him and John Brougham Fir s t “ — — ” pro ducti on o f Arrah na P ogue in D ublin S oc ial s ucc es s o f th e B ouci c aults in the Iri s h “ ” — — - c apital Arrah na P ogue r ewritten and p r o — duc e d in L ond on Tran s late d into Fr ench and — ’ a cte d in P ari s B ouci c ault s new v e r s i on o f “ ” Th e We o f th e G ee th e s o aring r n, Iri h nati nal anth em R C HAPTE XI . — H ome life of th e B oucic aults in L ond on Jo s eph — J e ffe r s on arriv e s fr om Aus tralia Fir s t pro duc “ ” — ti on of Rip V an Winkl e Jus t h ow far Je f fer s on i s ind ebte d to B ouc i c ault for hi s imp e r i s h abl e c r e ati on R CHAPTE XII . ’ B ouci c ault s indus try and f ecundity for nine — — ye ar s Me l o drama s gal o r e Charl e s Di cken s at “ ” — re h e ar s al s o f Th e Long S trike H enry Ir ’ vi n g s fir s t hit d ontents C E PAG E HAPT R XIII . P artners hip with th e Earl o f Lond e s bo rough — Th ey l e as e ' Covent Gard en A fortune s quan “ ” — d e r e d on Babil and Bij ou Return to Ame r — ’ i c a B ouci cault s fi ne a cting in Daddy ’ ” — O D owd Write s a play for John Mc c ull ough about th e Ame ri can Civil War C E XI V HAPT R . — Fir s t prod uction of Th e S h augh raun An — appr ec iati on by Geo rge William Curti s Th e ’ — blackguard s in B ouc ic ault s Iri s h plays A s chool —“ of Iri s h ac to rs c ome s into e xi s tenc e The ” — S haugh r aun in L ondon A mod es t l etter to Di s — r ae li Row with Chatte rton at D rury Lane ’ cc e to B oucicault s e es bo W e Fatal a id nt ld t y , illi E X CHAPT R V . — Eno rmous profit s o f Th e S haugh r aun B ou ’ — c ic ault s prodigality La s t app e arance o f th e — B oucicaults togeth e r in N ew Yo rk Agnes Rob ’ e r ts on s return to Engl and E X I C HAPT R V .