Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Dion Boucicault
Born: December 26, 1820
Died: September 18, 1890 (aged 69)
Bio: Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot, commonly known as Dion Boucicault, was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas.
Known for:
- The Octoroon (1859)
- The Shaughraun
- The Colleen Bawn (1860)
- London Assurance (1841)