The third novel of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Sahnenin Dışındakiler which was published into a book in 1973 after it had been serialized in Yeni İstanbul newspaper in 1950 creates a serial novel (Nehir Roman) along with Mahur Beste and Huzur. One of the important elements of the novel as of the event, which fundamentally consists of the memories of Cemal who is the protagonist and the narrator of the novel, is that it includes some observations related to Istanbul in Armistice period; the other is that it includes the word “Sahne (stage)” in its title, therefore it has an artist novel feature. In other words, Sahnenin Dışındakiler is also a novel related to the art of theatre through the terms, discoveries, concepts which again borrowed from theatre and references and comparisons related to theatre in parallel with the word “sahne” and the associations of this word. Moreover, the novel is both a love story and the story of War of Independence, and also it is the story of Sabiha who has always been interested in acting and theatre since her childhood and got on the theatre stage by displaying an example of courage in her period and gaining the title of “the first Turkish woman on stage”. In this study, Sahnenin Dışındakiler is going to be analyzed as an “artist novel” which mentions theatre as a performing art in general and Sabiha, who progresses the stairs of being an actress step by step, specifically.