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FRANCISQUE SARCEY (1827-1899)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 208 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SARCEY (1827-1899)  , See also:French journalist and dramatic critic, was See also:born at Dourdan (See also:Seine-et-See also:Oise), on the 8th of See also:October 1827 . He spent some years as schoolmaster, but his temperament was little fitted to the See also:work . In 1858 he devoted himself to journalism . He contributed to the See also:Figaro, L'See also:Illustration, Le Gaulois, Le XIX° Siecle and other See also:periodicals; but his See also:chief See also:bent was towards dramatic See also:criticism, of which he had his first experience in L'See also:Opinion nationale in 1859 . In 1867 he began to contribute to Le Temps the " See also:feuilleton " with which his name was associated till his See also:death . His position as See also:dictator of dramatic criticism was unique . He had the See also:secret of taking the public into his confidence, and his pronouncements upon new plays were accepted as final . He was a masterly See also:judge of acting and of See also:stage effect; his views as to the See also:drama itself were somewhat narrow and indifferent to the See also:march of events . He published several See also:miscellaneous See also:works, of which the most interesting are Le See also:Siege de See also:Paris, an See also:account compiled from his See also:diary (1871), Comediens et comediennes (1878–1884), Souvenirs de jeunesse (1884) and Souvenirs d'See also:age miiir (1892; Eng. trans., 1893) . Quarante ans de See also:theatre (190o, &c.) is a selection from his dramatic feuilletons edited by A . See also:Brisson . He died in Paris, on the 16th of May 1899 .

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