John Oxenford

The Lily of Killarney: a Grand Romantic Opera, in Three Acts, Etc. John Oxenford

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Lily of Killarney: a grand romantic opera, in three acts, etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Oxenford, John; Boucicault, Dion; Larnder, Dionysius; 1862. 8 . 11781.d.23.(14.) Contributor Bio:  Boucicault, Dion Dion Boucicault ("b." 1820) was an Irish playwright and actor, known as much for his colourful life as his enduring dramas. Called 'the most conspicuous English dramatist of the 19th century' by the New York Times, he was a great favourite of Queen Victoria, who commissioned a portrait of him to hang at Windsor Castle. Boucicault lived on both sides of the Atlantic, becoming a theatrical innovator (championing matinees, and sensational on-stage spectacles) and, with 1895's "Octoroon", one of the first authors to depict the life of black people in the US. "London Assurance" is probably his best known work, though other plays such as "The Colleen Bawn" and "The Shaughraun "went on to influence the next crop of Irish dramatists from Wilde to Synge and O'Casey.