FRANCISQUE See also:

• FRANCISQUE SARCEY (1827-1899)

SARCEY (1827-1899)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French journalist and dramatic critic, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Dourdan (See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine-et-See also:

• OISE

Oise), on the 8th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1827 . He spent some years as schoolmaster, but his temperament was little fitted to the See also:

• WORK

work . In 1858 he devoted himself to journalism . He contributed to the See also:

• FIGARO

Figaro, L'See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

Illustration, Le Gaulois, Le XIX° Siecle and other See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals; but his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent was towards dramatic See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism, of which he had his first experience in L'See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

Opinion nationale in 1859 . In 1867 he began to contribute to Le Temps the " See also:

• FEUILLETON (a diminutive of the Fr. feuillet, the leaf of a book)

feuilleton " with which his name was associated till his See also:

• DEATH

death . His position as See also:

• DICTATOR (from the Lat. dictare, frequentative of dicere, to speak)

dictator of dramatic criticism was unique . He had the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

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 (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of acting and of See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage effect; his views as to the See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama itself were somewhat narrow and indifferent to the See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march of events . He published several See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous See also:

• WORKS

works, of which the most interesting are Le See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

Siege de See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account compiled from his See also:

• DIARY

diary (1871), Comediens et comediennes (1878–1884), Souvenirs de jeunesse (1884) and Souvenirs d'See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age miiir (1892; Eng. trans., 1893) . Quarante ans de See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre (190o, &c.) is a selection from his dramatic feuilletons edited by A . See also:

• BRISSON, EUGENE HENRI (1835– )
• BRISSON, MATHURIN JACQUES (1723-1806)

Brisson . He died in Paris, on the 16th of May 1899 .