▁Ros ny ▁a î né ▁& ▁J .- H . ▁Ros ny ▁jeune ▁Stanis las - And ré ▁Ste eman ▁Jean - Ph ili ppe ▁T ouss aint ▁Em ile ▁Ver ha eren ▁Henri ▁Vern es ▁Arthur ▁X h ign esse ▁Mar guer ite ▁Your cen ar ▁Franc oph one ▁literature ▁Belg ian ▁French ▁French ▁Community ▁of ▁Belg ium ▁ ▁Belg ian ▁literature ▁in ▁Wal lo on ▁ ▁Liter ature ▁in ▁Wal lo on ▁has ▁been ▁printed ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁or ▁at ▁least ▁since ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century . ▁Its ▁golden ▁age ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century : ▁ ▁' That ▁period ▁saw ▁an ▁eff l ores c ence ▁of ▁Wal lo on ▁literature , ▁plays ▁and ▁po ems ▁primarily , ▁and ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁many ▁the aters ▁and ▁period ical s .' ▁ ▁Y ves ▁Qu ai ri aux ▁counted ▁ 4 8 0 0 ▁plays ▁for ▁ 1 8 6 0 – 1 9 1 4 , ▁published ▁or ▁not . ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁period ▁plays ▁were ▁almost ▁the ▁only ▁popular ▁show ▁in ▁Wall onia . ▁But ▁this ▁the ater ▁remains ▁popular ▁in ▁present - day ▁Wall onia : ▁Theatre ▁is ▁still ▁fl our ishing ▁with ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁non - prof essional ▁companies ▁playing ▁in ▁the ▁cities ▁and ▁villages ▁of ▁Wall onia ▁for ▁an ▁audience ▁of ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁each ▁year . ▁Jacques ▁An cion ▁wanted ▁to ▁develop ▁a