After Dark (Boucicault play)

For the play by Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, see After Dark (Farjeon play).

After Dark or After Dark: A Tale of London Life is an 1868 melodramatic play by the Irish writer Dion Boucicault. It includes a scene where a character is tied up on railroad tracks as a train approaches. Boucicault was successfully sued for copyright infringement by Augustin Daly, whose play Under the Gaslight featured a similar scene the year before. ^[1]

Film adaptations

The play was turned into two films in 1915. An American film After Dark starring Eric Maxon and the British After Dark directed by Warwick Buckland. ^[2]

References

1. Strand 2005, p.  249.
2. Goble 1999, p. 49.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   1-85739-229-9.
• Strand, Ginger (2005). "Daily, [John] Augustin". In Serafin, Steven R.; Bendixen, Alfred (eds.). The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum. ISBN   0-8264-1517-2.