Henri Delmotte

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Henri Philibert Joseph Delmotte (May 14, 1822 in Baudour, Hennegau – 1884 in Brussels) was a Belgian stage poet and novelist. Delmotte studied jurisprudence and occurred afterwards the government service, where he became a commissioner in Nivelles. Soon he flew into the private life and moved to Brussels. He was working in establishing a french speaking national theatre in Belgium and wrote from 1879 to 1880 in handbills and newspaper articles very polemic articles. Beside numerous articles in magazines Delmotte published also books. He wrote some comedies, in which he describes the middle class of Belgium at this time.

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  • Monsieur Du Bois, ou Nouvelle noblesse, comédie en 3 actes et en prose, par M. Henri Delmotte. (Bruxelles, Théâtre royal du Parc, 15 mars 1845 ; et Monnaie, 18 mars 1845.).
  • Comédies M. Du Bois ou la nouvelle Noblesse. Le Début. Comment on dovint Conseiller. Le Lanceur d'Affaires. Paris: Sandoz & Fischbacher, 1873.
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