The Theatre Francaise

By James, Henry

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Title:	The Theatre Francaise
Author:	James, Henry
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Excerpt: M. FRANCISQUE SARCEY, the dramatic critic of the Paris ?Temps,? and the gentleman who, of the whole journalistic fraternity, holds the fortune of a play in the hollow of his hand, has been publishing during the last year a series of biographical notices of the chief actors and actresses of the first theatre in the world. ?Comediens et Comediennes: la Comedie Francaise??such is the title of this publication, which appears in monthly numbers of the Librairie des Bibliophiles, and is ornamented on each occasion with a very prettily etched portrait, by M. Gaucherel, of the artist to whom the number is devoted. By lovers of the stage in general, and of the Theatre Francais in particular, the series will be found most interesting; and I welcome the pretext for saying a few words about an institution which?if such language be not hyperbolical?I passionately admire. I must add that the portrait is incomplete, though for the present occasion it is more than sufficient. The list of M. Sarcey?s biographies is not yet filled up; three or four, those of Mme. Favart and of MM. Febvre and Delaunay, are still wanting. Nine numbers, however, have appeared?the first being entitled ?La Maison de Moliere,? and devoted to a general account of the great theatre; and the others treating of it?s principal societaires and pensionnaires in the following order.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Theatre Francaise, 1 -- Henry James, 1