- Francisque Sarcey
Francisque Sarcey (
October 8 ,1827 –May 16 ,1899 ) was a Frenchjournalist and dramaticcritic .He was born in
Dourdan ,Seine-et-Oise . After some years as schoolmaster, a job for which his temperament was ill-fitted, he entered journalism in 1858. He contributed to "Le Figaro ", "L'Illustration", "Le Gaulois", "Le XIX' Siècle" and other periodicals; but his main interest was dramatic criticism, of which he had his first experience in "L'Opinion nationale" in 1859. In 1867 he began to contribute to "Le Temps" the "feuilleton" with which his name was associated till his death. His position as dictator of dramatic criticism was unique. He had the secret of taking the public into his confidence, and his pronouncements upon new plays were accepted as final.He was a masterly judge of
acting and of stage effect; his views as to the drama itself were somewhat narrow and indifferent to artistic progress. He published several miscellaneous works, of which the most interesting are "Le Siege de Paris", an account compiled from his diary (1871), "Comédiens et comediennes" (1878-1884), "Souvenirs de jeunesse" (1884) and "Souvenirs d'âge mur" (1892; Eng. trans., 1893). "Quarante ans de theatre" (1900) is a selection from his dramatic "Feuilletons" edited by A Brisson. He died in Paris.References
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