Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-26
BOUCICAULT DEAD.
Death OF the Distinguished Play
wright and Actor.
Ills LONG CAREER OK THE STAGE
mls Amhitian ts Further Ifi. schooi of Act
ing Costs Him uis Health aud al
Attark q Insumsuls Carries
Him ga

NEw loHg sept dion Boucicault.
the celebrated playwright and actor.
died yesterday afternoon az his resi-
dence. i0a West F~tfty-hfth street al five
o'clock. In the sixty-eiFhth year Of his
{ lie caught a cold. which devel-
oped into pneumonia Thursday after
noon and rapidly became worse, al
though be was conscious up 10 the time
Of his death. His physician, DR. Della
field, his wife and the nurse alone were
present when he died.
Mr.. BoucicauIt had beon very sick for
more than a year. lie suffered from
heart trouble, and in August last he
called on DR.. Delaheld. who saw at once
that IL was only a question Of a short
time when his malady would prove fatal,
and MIR. Houcicault himself recognized
the fact that he was a doomed man.
The trouble with his heart was not so
serious that he m ght not have fingered
for a year or more. Mr.. Boucicault
thought that another years span OF life
might be granted 10 him and made act
i've preparations to continue bis school OF
acting during the coming year There
IS no reason 20 doubt that such might
have been the case had Mr. Boucicault
taken care OF himself His ambition
got the better OF him, however, and he
~journeyed 90 Philadelphia TO witness
the initial performance OF his last play,
"Thc Tale OF a Coat" lie was so weak
that before tho play was over he was
compelled 10 leave the theater and his
life was feared for. lie rallied, however,
and seemed TO be getting along quito
nicely. Then came more imprudence,
which resulted in pneumonia
Dion Boucicault was born in Dublin,
ireland, in is22, and had he lived until
next Christmas he would have been
sixty eight years old. His father was
q French merchant He was educated
as a civil engineer. but his tastes ran
toward the drama. In 1871 he produced
the comedy, London Assurance, y
which was brought out in Coyent
Garden Thcater and met with
great success. lie married Agnes
Robertson In 1858 and coming
20 America delivered lectures, but soon
returned TO the stage. In 1860 he re-
turned To London and brought out his
famous play, Colleen Bawn,' and in
1861 he produced The Octoroon," a
drama illustrating the evilsof American
slavery. After that he wrote in rapid
succession more than one hun.
dred plays, some Of them origina.
and others adaptations from the
French. Among his most popular
plays wcra rip Van Wrinkle" made
famous by the acting OF Joseph JefIer
son, Dot" "Thc Streets Of London,
''The Parish Clerk, ""Louis 81, - ''Faus'
. and Marguerite" ''Thc ~Shaughraun,
'Arrah-N -Pogue," The Flying Scud,
DADDY O'nowd" and Mora lie re
turned to the United States in 1873 anC
E has since lived in this country,
Mr.. Boucicault excellcd as a dramatis
in the br ghtness of dialogue, dramati'
= action and the treatment OF incidents
: llis mc.odramas are very natural. ii,
. elevated and improved the charac
tor Of Irish drama. The plots O
+ his plays are seldom original, bu
d in the drawing of character, the intro
J. duction and handling of dramatic incI
dents and the composition Of scenes G
pathos, passion and humor he displaye0
originality, knowledge OF human natur
and Judgment lie elevated the statu
Of the dramatic author by ms ,sting o
n higher rates OF compensation than wer
e usual and by making the play itself tn
leading attraction.