Dion Boucicault Jr.
Dion Boucicault Jr. (born Darley George Boucicault; 23 May 1859 – 25 June 1929) was an actor and stage director. A son of the well-known playwright Dion Boucicault and actress Agnes Kelly Robertson, Agnes Robertson, he followed his father into the theatrical profession and made a career as a character actor and a director. In addition to extensive work in the West End theatre, West End of London, he spent considerable time in Australia, where he went into management in the 1880s. As an actor, his greatest successes included ''Trelawny of the 'Wells''' and ''Mr. Pim Passes By''. His best-known success as a manager was ''Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'', of which he presented the premiere and many revivals. His last big success was ''Das Dreimäderlhaus, Lilac Time'' in 1922. Early life Boucicault was born in New York,Banerji, Nilanjana"Boucicault, Dion, the younger (1859–1929)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, ...
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