A Peep Behind the Scenes is a British novel first published in 1877 by Mrs. O. F. Walton, the pen name of Amy Catherine Walton. It portrays the life of a travelling fair and in particular Rosalie, a girl who works, as part of a theatre troupe under her domineering father. It was Walton's best-known work.
The novel was twice turned into silent films. In 1918 Kenelm Foss directed A Peep Behind the Scenes starring Ivy Close and Gerald Ames. In 1929 Jack Raymond made a further version.