After Dark (Boucicault play)
1868 melodramatic play with copyright controversy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
For the play by Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, see After Dark (Farjeon play).