{"product_id":"behind-the-scenes-of-the-arszune-houssaye-9781434431219","title":"Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Française and Other Recollections by Arsène Houssaye","description":"\u003cp\u003eStep into the corridors of one of France's defining theatrical institutions through a collection of personal recollections shaped by literary wit, administrative insight, and close observation. Centered on the Comédie Française and the wider artistic world of nineteenth-century Paris, this volume offers a rare view of stage culture from someone who knew its public brilliance and private machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in theatre history, French letters, and memoir will find an intimate account of personalities, practices, and cultural life surrounding a celebrated national stage. The perspective is reflective rather than academic, preserving the texture of a vanished era while showing how art, patronage, ambition, and reputation moved behind the curtain. For modern readers, the book serves as both a historical document and a gracefully personal entry point into the people and institutions that shaped French performance. Its value lies in the immediacy of remembered experience, presented with the authority of direct involvement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsène Houssaye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1434431215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781434431219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wildside Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.29d","brand":"Arsène Houssaye","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48930164965631,"sku":"9781434431219","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/behind-the-scenes-of-the-arszune-houssaye-9781434431219","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}