Dion Boucicault

thumb|Dion Boucicault Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (26 December 1820 or 1822) – 18 September 1890), commonly known as Dion Boucicault, was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. Quotes Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. London Assurance (1841), act 2, sc. 1 Oh Paddy dear, and did you hear The news that's going round? The shamrock is forbid by law To grow on Irish ground. Boucicault's version of The Wearing of the Green , a traditional Irish ballad, as rendered in his play Arragh na Pogue, or the Wicklow Wedding (1864) When the law can stop the blades of grass From growing as they grow, And when the leaves in summer time Their verdure dare not show, Then I will change the colour I wear in my caubeen, But till that day I'll stick for aye To wearing of the green. The Wearing of the Green, in Arragh na Pogue, or the Wicklow Wedding (1864) External links Boucicault,+Dion Dion Boucicault The Fawkes Boucicault Collection at the University of Kent Dion Boucicault Theatre Collection at the University of South Florida Dion Boucicault Digital Collection at the University of South Florida Category:Actors from Ireland Category:Playwrights from Ireland Category:People from Dublin Category:1890 deaths