SARCEY (Francisque). - Lot 267

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SARCEY (Francisque). - Lot 267
SARCEY (Francisque). Born in Dourdan (Essonne). 1827-1899. Dramatic critic. L.A.S. "Francisque Sarcey" to "Mon cher rédacteur en chef" [Antoine Périvier, of the newspaper Le Figaro]. [Paris], February 17 [1898]. 1 p. in-16 wide. Agreement reached with Le Figaro editor Antoine Périvier. "It is agreed. Starting March 1, I will give the Figaro three articles a week under the title Grains de bon sens. The articles will be the length of bundles, between 80 and 110 lines longer. They will be paid at five hundred francs each..." Sarcey was introduced to Le Figaro by Edmond About in 1857. He quickly made a name for himself as a theater critic. His weekly columns became famous and feared by playwrights. They can be found in Francisque Sarcey's Journal de Jeunesse, followed by a selection of chronicles (Fagots, Notes de la semaine, Grains de bon sens), Bibliothèque des Annales, n.d. (1900).
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