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BELLOY, DORMONT DE

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BELLOY, DORMONT DE

BELLOY, DORMONT DE , the name assumed by See also:

PIERRE

PIERRE See also:

LAURENT, FRANCOIS (1810–1887)

LAURENT BUIRETTE (1727–1775), See also:

French dramatist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-See also:

FLOUR

Flour, in See also:

AUVERGNE

Auvergne, on the 17th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1727. He was educated by his See also:

UNCLE

uncle, a distinguished See also:

ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate in See also:

Paris, for the See also:

bar. To See also:

ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape from a profession he disliked he joined a troupe of comedians playing in the courts of the See also:

NORTHERN

northern sovereigns. In 1758 the performance of his See also:

Titus, which had already been produced in St See also:

PETERSBURG

Petersburg, was postponed through his uncle's exertions; and when it did appear, a hostile See also:

CABAL (through the Fr. cabale from the Cabbala or Kabbalah, the theosophical interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures)

cabal procured its failure, and it was not until after his See also:

GUARDIAN

guardian's See also:

DEATH

death that de Belloy returned to Paris with Zelmire (1762), a fantastic See also:

DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama which met with See also:

GREAT

great success. This was followed in 1765 by the patriotic See also:

PLAY

play, Le See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

Siege de See also:

CALAIS

Calais. The moment was opportune. The humiliations undergone by See also:

France in the Seven Years' See also:

War assured a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good reception for a play in which the devotion of Frenchmen redeemed disaster. The popular See also:

ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm was unaffected by the See also:

JUDGMENT

judgment of calmer critics such as See also:

DIDEROT, DENIS (1713-1784)

Diderot and See also:

VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire, who pointed out that the glorification of France was not best effected by a picture of defeat. De Belloy was admitted to the See also:

Academy in 1772. His See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to introduce See also:

NATIONAL

national subjects into French drama deserves See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour, but it must be confessed that his resources proved unequal to the task. The Siege de Calais was followed by Gaston et See also:

Bayard (1771), Pedro le cruel (1772) and Gabrielle de Vergy (r777). None of these attained the success of the earlier play, and de Belloy's death, which took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the 5th of See also:

March 1775, is said to have been hastened by disappointment.

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