Francisque Sarcey

Francisque Sarcey de Sutières ( born October 8, 1827 in Dourdan, Seine- et- Oise, † May 16, 1899 in Paris) was a French journalist, writer and theater critic in Paris.

He attended the prestigious Lycée Charlemagne, where he met Edmond About, with whom he remained on friendly terms throughout his life. He was then taken normale supérieure at the equally famous École and met Hippolyte Taine, Alfred Assolant and Lucien- Anatole Prévost - Paradol. After graduating he became a teacher in 1851 in Chaumont, but for which he was ill-suited.

1857 gave him his friend Edmond About in touch with Le Figaro, where he was from then on worked as a journalist. He also wrote for L' Illustration, Le Gaulois, Le XIX ' siecle and other magazines; However, his main interest was in theater criticism, which he had begun in L' national opinion 1859.

In 1867 he started for the features section of the influential Le Temps to write theater reviews, which he continued for 32 years until his end. The last criticism, he wrote eight hours before his death. It was named because of its large Rennommees L' oncle and had such a strong position that his opinion was regarded as the last valid. His position has been described as anti-clerical. Nevertheless, he stood in 1871, the Paris Commune critically.

Works (selection)

• Le siege de Paris ( 1871)
• Comédiens et comediennes (1878-1884)
• Souvenirs de jeunesse (1884 )
• Souvenirs d' âge mur (1892 ).

Swell

• Lilian Straus Horkheimer: Francisque Sarcey as a theater critic, Gelnhausen 1937 (Dissertation Frankfurt / Main 1937)

• Theater critic
• Frenchman
• Born in 1827
• Died in 1899
• Man