Henri Xavier François Pierre Crisafulli (29 June 1827, Naples – 5 March 1900, Paris age 62) was a 19th-century French playwright and novelist. Crisafulli studied at

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in Paris. He made his theatre debut in 1855. In addition to his plays, he also wrote novels in collaboration with Gustave Aimard and translated from Dutch. He is buried at

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Theatre

*1855: ''César Borgia'', with Édouard Devicque, Théâtre de l'Ambigu *1856: ''Marie Stuart en Écosse'', with Édouard Devicque, Ancien Cirque *1857: ''Les Deux Faubouriens'', with Édouard Devicque *1858: ''Girofle Giroflà'', with Édouard Devicque *1861: ''Ernest Ramel'', with Édouard Devicque,

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*1863: ''Le Démon du jeu'', Théâtre du Gymnase *1864: ''Mr et Mme Fernel'', from the novel by

Louis Ulbach Louis Ulbach (7 March 182216 April 1889) was a French novelist, essayist and journalist. He published seventy-six volumes, wrote three plays, and wrote numerous articles and political or biographical pamphlets. His romantic novels were compared t ...

, comédie en vaudeville *1865: ''Le Passé de M. Jouanne'', Gymnase *1866: ''Le Fou d’en face'', one-act comedy *1867: ''La Chouanne'', from the novel by

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, Ambigu *1868: ''Les Loups et les Agneaux'', five-act comedy *1869: ''Autour du lac'', one-act comedy *1873: ''Les Postillons de Fougerolles'', five-act drama *1873: ''La Falaise de Penmarck'', five-act drama *1875: ''L’Idole'', five-act drama *1876: ''L’Affaire Coverley'', five-act dram * ''Lord Harrington'', five-act comedy *1879: ''Les Petites Lionnes'', three-act comedy, with Paul Sipière *1879: ''Le Petit Ludovic'', three-act comedy, with Victor Bernard *1881: ''Le Bonnet de coton'', five-act comedy, with Victor Bernard *1881: ''Les Noces d’argent'', play in three acts, with Victor Bernard *1887: ''Une perle'', three-act play *1883: ''Le Vertigo'', opéra bouffe with

Henry Bocage Henry Bocage (1835 – 14 October 1917) was a French playwright of the second half of the 19th century. A nephew of the actor Bocage and younger brother of Paul Bocage, Hanry Bocage wrote comedies as well as novels. An engineer by profession, he a ...

Short stories and novels

*1866–1867: ''Les Invisibles de Paris'', with Gustave Aimard, 5 vol. *1867: ''Les Compagnons de la lune'', with Gustave Aimard, Amyot, Paris, in-18. *1872: ''Le Roi Marthe'', Bureaux de l’administration du ''Figaro'', Paris, in-8°

Translations

*1878: '' Max Havelaar'', Van der Hoeven en Buys, Rotterdam, 2 vol.

Sources

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External links

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