The colourful life of Dion Boucicault

Dion Boucicault (Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot, Lee Moreton) was one of the most successful actor-playwright-theatremanagers of the Victorian age. Born in Dublin in 1820, he moved between Ireland, England and the USA making and losing fortunes, friends, wives and business partners until his death in New York in 1890.
I give a summary of his life and briefly review two of his 150+ plays: London Assurance and The Colleen Bawn as part of my focus on the Victorian theatre for Victober 2024.
Photos of Dion and Agnes courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London.