Selected Plays

by Dion Boucicault

Book Overview

Dion Boucicault was a prominent playwright and prolific translator and adapter of foreign plays and novels for the Victorian commercial theatre for over forty years. Born in Dublin, he achieved his first West End success with London Assurance in 1841. His work frankly catered to contemporary taste and fell rapidly into neglect after his death in 1890. His lively observation of humanity in many moods and his unerring sense of what works on the stage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813206170
• ISBN13: 9780813206172
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.4"