COMEDIE-FRANCAISE - Lot 76

COMEDIE-FRANCAISE Set of 8 Autograph Letters Signed by Boarders or Members of the Comédie-Française. - ESCANDE (Maurice). 1892-1973. S.l.n.d. 1/2 p. in-4. Then administrator of the Comédie-Française, he answers a questionnaire on gastronomy ...But I'll make a confession: I prefer to taste it at "Lapérouse" because there I'm certain of its perfection... - SEGOND-WEBER (Eugénie Caroline). 1867-1945. L.A.S. "Second-Weber" to "Monsieur le Recteur". [Paris], June 21, 1920. 1 p. in-4, mourning paper at her address. She requests ...a few minutes of audience (...), after having been Racine's Roxane, I take the train to carry Agrippine to the Arênes de Nîmes...- BERTIN (Pierre). 1891-1984. Letter-card S. "Pierre Bertin" to "Cher Monsieur Brousse". [Paris], February 23 [1929]. 1 p. in-12, on behalf of the Comédie-Française. Stamp and postmark. ...Seriez-vous libre pour venir à Lille jouer Félix avec Madeleine Renaud et Baumer le samedi 9 mars... - DUPONT (Louise-Charlotte-Valentine Rougeault, known as). 2 L.A.S. "C. Dupont", soubrette of the Comédie-Française, including 1 to M. Arago. [Paris, April 1, 1836] and S.l.n.d. 2 pp. in-8 in total: ...there are 2 Roles to be studied in depth, the rest will be played for the boarders whose names I have listed... - My God, how forgetful lovers are! So that's it. Not a single memory for an old friend? That's bad, very bad. But she has something to tell you (...). And she also has to ask you for two tickets to see Les Bardeurs, will you bring them to her...- LAMBERT (Albert). 1865-1941. L.A.S. "Albert Lambert" to Albert Carré. Paris, December 31, 1913. 2 pp. in-12. Mourning paper. Albert Carré has just been appointed administrator of the Comédie-Française. Lambert welcomes him and wishes him all the best for the New Year. He adds: ...I'd like to thank you very much for your eagerness to obtain from Henri Lavedan what I asked of you... yesterday. I'm very happy to have the opportunity to play this very fine role of "l'Abbé Daniel"... Albert LAMBERT was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1891 to 1935. Henri LAVEDAN (1859-1940) was a French journalist and playwright. He was elected to the Académie française in 1898- MOUNET-SULLY (Jean-Sully Mounet, dit). 1841-1916. L.A.S. "Mounet-Sully" to "Mon cher Maître" [A. Thomas]. S.l.n.d. 1 page in-8: ...J'accepte avec grand plaisir l'honneur que vous voulez bien faire me, en m'inviter à assister aux Concours de Tragédie et Comédie dans la loge du Jury...- VENTURA (Marie). 1888-1954. L.A.S. "Marie Ventura" to "Monsieur". S.l.n.d. 2 pp. in-4 oblong. Playful letter about the actress's success at the theater in Alfred de Vigny's play "Chatterton", in which she plays the character of Kitty Bell: ...I was infinitely touched by the adorable discovery of being praised by Alfred de Vigny (...). Hey, I realize what you and Vigny said? I wanted to but didn't dare believe it. In any case, your article this morning gives me great pleasure and I thank you for it... - MONVAL (Georges Hippolyte Mondain, known as). 1845-1910. Archivist of the Comédie-Française. L.A.S. "H. Monval" to Monsieur Juncker. Paris, January 11, 1888. 2 pp. 1/2 in-8. Printed letterhead of the Comédie-Française: the letter from the actress Mlle Bourgoin in his possession is ...certainly prior to 1822 and probably even to 1817, as the role of Rosalie was, between these two dates, played by Mlle Devin. The addressee is certainly Alexandre Pieyre, author of LEcole des Pères, a comedy in 5 acts, in verse, first performed at the Comédie Française on June 1, 1787 and long in the repertoire, from which it has disappeared since the Restoration (...). As for Mlle Volnais (...), she was a sociétaire in 1802, and married a Mr. Roustan...Georges MONVAL was archivist at the Comédie-Française for over twenty years, and in 1879 founded a review devoted to MOLIÈRE. In 1891, he discovered an original autograph manuscript of Denis DIDEROT's Le Neveu de Rameau.