Hippolyte-Jules Demolière (3 August 1802 – 26 December 1877) was a 19th-century French novelist and

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

. After he was a secretary in the

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, he held a position within the Secretariat of the Executive under général Cavaignac. Under the pseudonym Moléri, Demolière published, alone or in collaboration, numerous

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, some of which were later published in volumes, as well as

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...

s, Railway guides and gardening manuals.

Main publications

;Novels published in volumes *1830: ''L'Exposition de tableaux, ou le Faussaire'' (4 volumes) *1833: ''Le Czarewitz Constantin et Jeannette Grudzinska, ou les Jacobins polonais'', with J. Czynski (2 volumes) *1837–1838: ''La Fille de Pauvre Jacques'', with Edme Chauffer (4 volumes) *1856: ''Petits drames bourgeois, études de mœurs'' (2 volumes) *1858: ''Fièvres du jour : la Famille Guillaume ; l'Institutrice ; un vieux lion'' *1862: ''La Traite des blanches'' *1865: ''Or et misère'' *1866: ''L'Amour de la musique'' *1867: ''La Terre promise'' ;Theatre *''Lébao, ou le Nègre'', drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Chardon, Paris,

Théâtre du Panthéon The Théâtre du Panthéon was a theatre building in Paris, at 96 (now 46) rue Saint-Jacques ( 5th arrondissement). It opened in 1832 and closed in 1844. It was named after the nearby Panthéon. History It was built in 1831 on the remains of the ...

, 19 November 1835 *''Guillaume Norwood, ou Une haine de vieillards'', drama in 3 acts, with Hippolyte Rimbaut, Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 25 November 1838 *''Le Marquis de Brancas'', comedy in 3 acts, mingled with songs, after a short story by M. A. de Lavergne, with Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot and Hippolyte Rimbaut, Paris, Théâtre du Panthéon, 2 November 1839 *''L'Habit fait le moine'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot, Paris,

Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques was a theatre in Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opened first in 1832 in the site of the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple, under Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted venue ...

, 22 December 1840 *''Le Corrégidor de Pampelune'', comedy in 1 act, with Altaroche, Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 23 March 1843 *''La Famille Renneville'', drama in 3 acts and in

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, with Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot, Paris, Second Théâtre-Français, 11 May 1843 *''La Jeunesse de Charles XII'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, 25 July 1843 *''Tôt ou tard'', comedy in 3 acts and in prose, with Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot, Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 6 October 1843 *''Le Gendre d'un millionnaire'', comedy in 5 acts and in prose, with Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 25 February 1845 *''Un fils, s'il vous plaît'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Edme Chauffer, Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 28 August 1845 *''Entre l'arbre et l'écorce'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot, Paris, Théâtre du Gymnase, 30 September 1845 *''La Famille'', comedy in 5 acts and in prose, Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 3 May 1849 *''Un valet sans livrée'', comedy in 1 act in prose, with Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot, Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 9 October 1850 *''La Tante Ursule'', comedy in 2 acts in prose, Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 26 September 1852 *''Les Revers de la médaille'', comedy in 3 acts, in prose, with Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot, Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 24 September 1861 ;Varia *''Itinéraire du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg, comprenant les embranchements d'Épernay à Reims et de Frouard à Forbach'' (1853) *''Guides-itinéraires. De Paris à Corbeil et à Orléans'' (1854) *''Petit dictionnaire manuel du jardinier amateur'' (1865) *''Petit manuel du jardinier, à l'usage des jardiniers-fleuristes, maraîchers'' (1873) {{DEFAULTSORT:Demoliere, Hippolyte-Jules People of the French Second Republic 19th-century French novelists 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 1802 births Writers from Nantes 1877 deaths