New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-19
DION BOUCICAULT DEAD.
END OF THE wELLKNowN PLAYWRIGHT
AND ACTOR.

END OF THE wELLKSowN PLAYWRIGHT
AND ACTOR.
,,,o, norc,cou,t ono OF tho oldest and best Known
,,,o authors In America, or In the world. oleo ~
MI, home No. 100 West Pity hfth.st. yesterday sNer.
Noon His health had been extremely poor ior "'sy
months and there have beon ncquent rpor'e ''.s ~
MAS dangerously sick many OF which. however. ~
been upfounded. In the latter part OF hss H,on'A ~
Francis pelafeld. OF No ~ West Thirty 'seconos., W."
called 20 attend him. and found him snnorins rom
49,. t,o,hle and hardly able to walk about. Lsst
rucsday he was STACKED with pneumonia, o"' ~"
| wcdnesday night he thought to be oetter. ne
orau uorsc Yesterday however. and Gcd at ten minutes
after Ave In the afternoon
| Dion Boucicault was born In Lower oaroene.ss'
Dublin. on December 60. 1922. In lis early eouca
t,om which ga, under tho charge Of his guardian Dr.
monv.u. Lardnct Of tho University Of London u wa.
the ntenon that he should be an architect ana cis
engineer but at an extremely early age no sho"eu ~
sirc and an ability to write plays. nc "Se o.,s
sixteen years old. In fart. when no ~ W. w.
| "Napoleon's Old Guard OK this perioa Oh 'N' "''
| Mr.. Loucicaun Ouce spoke as follows:
| aNy first piece vas 'Sspo,eonb Old oUafa,' w!
| second The farce Of a Lover By proI"' ana you
need 10 learn that Goa helps those who help lHc'n
| selves. take lesson from mo. Matho"s was wv
povcr and to him submitted the farce' "h'cn u.
proui.ed To read. called on him several u"'e,. pu
| Of
| Finally caught him dining ana was ahniuca !" us
| ,n.ecnrc An Young man. he SAID you WISH ~
know my verdict Oh your farce IT Is prom'''ns' ~
fact clever but cannot produce 1t at present. 'o'
| ms time Is filled up. However, II son car, =" "u.e
| IL IN see Via, car, 10 done hereafter lhcrc aro
| .,od ponts IN liarry Lawl"''. IL haa par, Inv
| ,h,, ,n a dyc.act play I'd jump az it, Well N'e"
| ust NatlcXs he'd not the fcmotcst idea .! brlishE
! ort nv farce, BIZ. saw HIGHT IN his remark rsa'us
| a nyc.act PLAY. I went home ana PECAN io'".o,'
| Ae.ura:te' and in six wcch' complete" H. iI>
! N March ls4i ut tie age Of Eighteen. Again l
| went TO Mathews aud showed HIN the cornc'F' h".
I crdc.ci 10 comedy he exclaimed ! an a"are .,
| that, rep!jcd. You DID say, however: t!ia' 20"
| lad a part like Harry Lavlcss N hvc'ht co'c.'
! ,oud ,uup At Il. I've written such craGaetV Io'
! you What = no cried, Go yOn mean to sly 20" VIC
| written a hvc-act comedy III six ~cchs' OH nv '"s
| r.-+ion,, Yes My perseverance, so astoa'aci
Mathews tia. his Indifferent. turned to Interest he
| read London Assurance accepted II. ana "heh
! read IL TO the actors Of Covcnt Garlch Hlaa'n'c
ycsr,s vas 81 pleased that size came to me- sry'hg
! Whatever may he the public verdict We icci su'e
| that you have written q sT"at c0ne1F.
| Two wear, after the production OK 3" LoncOh Az
| ur,nrc~ hc wrote odd Heads and YounS Hears
| lie went on the sarc at the Of thirty ana con
tnucd "a at. OF less. I'LL within tue lie '"o VI
| three ycars. lie came 10 America IN lT''' "cr w
mari.ncc with Agnes Eocr.'on delivered som" c'"''S
ard L,cn wrrt IN tic stage again. In $500 NJ went
| tho Adclphi Theatre. The next year. at the same
| housc he brought out The Octoroon. pa! Oh
.hc evils Of eaverv IL Am'"tca TIC thc1 ooh"uuS''
. write play after play. and the poi Win "h''A
| 10 dli II m7y nc imo-inI when T. l. SAN 'ha a
| cordinz to his own statement. Hwlr nrary Er'"n
v.,.s AGO he had then written more than 3 OF 'hoi''
and b. has writ'el a number sine" '!"a rev '"u.
! NAV be rn>mil,n"d are Dot" ani TIE EriHi OF
| ,u.kuow" IA Iu;a; The Trial o! Ell" Deans, u
| ,s,:,; The street Of Lordoa.' Ia lno4' AifaA'Ea-
poyu-- ZIP Va: W!nkc." a r'ar'n,'mca' ot t's
ulav that Joseph jefferson + I'd ac NV produeed Hc
! ,I,,ng -cyd," written III Loo Hnntd Down aF'
| Tn ior: s.-k"" In ~" cam" wear " it"'V me
lcvn. Him" and Foul rl.v." I1G7 b" la.'"r tri'
!roa, n coila Gro:I wita q .rlc, Ir-:c 81 M"r para
~ i=r- "luN 4: So at "rarTao A. II l'"'
The E,.,a-c,,~ ~ 10. "I.,,c!' III tic same y'A'
and Is aud B.!oa" IN -
/ lie ti"i cane T., Aw"riri a AIN. an. hi' lVe' u
TN, coun.rr TIE n.o.. # IN tn" ne teen i"a'
yU,udr wa> =. e.lc.A 1T brta'S TIL atrr II i-'J
| AMI " Mora" ami H!ni' ~ Walia"h'-. VILE "l"i
A.tr,y- irst .aw tic liRht III The ron square he
then wont into partnership with william S'cwar rnh
| opened tho Vow Park Thcatr in S"Pt-mo"r' I''o'
| a fow 4 Is other Paws ar" "Janr''s Prh' L"n'S
XII -r.l.t and Mar ;,ier.,s.' paul l.c!arcc.' ~
t,a-, Nl,h,', Work. The Dead secret. Amy
Flake NJ! The shau-hrann.' Ire iaSt was pro
cuced At wall,ck, Thctr nov the star ana Fa: ior
v hole ,"l.on Which i stl! re + ''Aci ~ W.
4 the most pr.rp Il n, absolutely the n''' prs
| nor ms that has ever been known Ia :ew'>o rh'
| Th, n,,y u-,s t1veu bv Mr.. BnuccIul' al over u'
| ''''' ~ 49,, q, r,.,,rd nv, III, 20 il was no,
| country All Ms" N '',N'''"' "" T.. -, =,
especially succc.til Ne med" tours VITA II n The
rr,.h nr,y.rccs for the benefit Of TIE F.nlan RE
oncrs.
IN I.5a while on HE first T-h t" the TASTED
STATE. he tound.t - Theatre n wnshia-on. ard the
| ~ -, ....o,,sd -. Mar nol,o. Theatre in
nest vc"s he rcmo.cl'e'i ."c '' po''''' .na
ri, cv pnd changes! II {" the White: Garden A'"r
he went back 70 England he changed Asiys T!!"a;i"
- ~ Westminster. but his .pccuiaton with
| " VI"
II was failure
For many Years Agnes KoberSon. III" actress was
known To the pnblr ana I'd MI n""O'' '"' n""'
rs his wife and for she played with HIN
in ~. rountrv and abrns,i. rho couple lad several
Children. two or three Of whom went u" stare II
WAS generally understood HAT nc married her IN p