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MEILHAC, HENRI (1831-1897)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 83 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MEILHAC, See also:HENRI (1831-1897) , See also:French dramatist, was See also:born in See also:Paris on the 21st of See also:February 1831, and while a See also:young See also:man began See also:writing fanciful articles for the See also:newspapers and vaudevilles for the theatres, in a vivacious boulevardier spirit which brought him to the front. About 186o he met Ludovic See also:Halevy, and the two began a collaboration in writing for the See also:stage which lasted for twenty years. An See also:account of their See also:work is given under HALEvY. Meilhac wrote a few pieces with lesser collaborators. In 1888 he was elected to the See also:Academy. He died at Paris in 1897.

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