7 , 0 0 0 ▁gu ine as . ▁ ▁Fal con er ▁attempted ▁to ▁rev ive ▁his ▁fort unes ▁by ▁pen ning ▁a ▁five - act ▁drama , ▁O on agh , ▁following ▁his ▁release , ▁which ▁was ▁st aged ▁at ▁Her ▁Majesty ' s ▁Theatre , ▁London , ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 8 6 6 . ▁It ▁was ▁such ▁a ▁failure , ▁however , ▁that ▁it ▁closed ▁ten ▁days ▁later . ▁By ▁now ▁des per ately ▁short ▁of ▁money , ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁travel ▁to ▁America , ▁where ▁his ▁play ▁Pe ep ▁o ' ▁Day ▁had ▁made ▁him ▁famous . ▁ ▁Final ▁years ▁Fal con er ▁spent ▁three ▁successful ▁years ▁in ▁America , ▁where ▁he ▁acted ▁on ▁Broadway ▁and ▁continued ▁with ▁his ▁writing , ▁creating ▁three ▁new ▁dram as . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁greatest ▁fans ▁was ▁Mark ▁Tw ain , ▁author ▁of ▁Tom ▁S aw yer , ▁as ▁can ▁be ▁witness ed ▁in ▁letters ▁written ▁by ▁Tw ain . ▁Such ▁was ▁his ▁US ▁success , ▁that ▁publications ▁of ▁his ▁plays ▁went ▁through ▁several ▁ed itions . ▁He ▁also ▁married ▁an ▁American ▁woman , ▁who ▁was ▁his ▁third ▁wife . ▁ ▁Fal con er ▁eventually ▁returned ▁to ▁London ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 , ▁following ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁another ▁of ▁his ▁plays , ▁A ▁W ife ▁Well ▁W on , ▁which ▁was ▁st aged ▁at ▁the ▁Hay market ▁Theatre , ▁London , ▁in ▁his ▁absence . ▁A ▁successful ▁production ▁of ▁E ile en ▁O ge ▁at ▁the ▁Princess ▁Theatre , ▁London