Le Mariage de mademoiselle Beulemans
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Le Mariage de Mlle Beulemans first edition book's cover art by Philippe Swyncop | |
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| Date premiered | March 18, 1910 |
| Place premiered | Théâtre de l'Olympia in Brussels |
| Original language | French |
| Subject | The only daughter of a wealthy Brusselian brewer is torn between the obligation of filial obedience, to marry the son of a competing brewer, and her fondness for the young intern from Paris. |
| Genre | comedy |
| Setting | Brussels |
Le Mariage de mademoiselle Beulemans is a three-act comedy play written in 1910 by the Belgian playwrights Frantz Fonson and Fernand Wicheler. It is a bourgeois situation comedy of manners and character, and a satire on the aspirations and issues of the lower middle class that emerged in Brussels in the early twentieth-century.
Combining French with the dialect and particular humour of Brussels, the play was an instant success both in its home country and abroad, and has continued to enjoy revivals and been met with a positive audience. Le Mariage de mademoiselle Beulemans is widely regarded nowadays as an integral piece of Brussels folklore, known for its people's good-natured cockiness, and endures as part of the Belgian heritage.