Lot n° 253
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MALCOLM DE CHAZAL (1902-1981) poet and painter. 9 L.A.S., Cu - Lot 253
MALCOLM DE CHAZAL (1902-1981) poet and painter. 9 L.A.S., Curepipe and Port-Louis (Mauritius) 1951-1955, to Jeanne SULLY, and autograph manuscript, From the third act of Judas, followed by act IV, "Notes" and act V, [1951-1952?]; 29 pages in-4, most with envelope, and 72 pages in-4 on lined paper numbered from 1 to 72.
Correspondence with Jeanne Sully, member of the Comédie-Française, with partial manuscript of her play Judas.
November 26, 1951. "Totally aware of the excellence of the content of my theatres," he "strongly" doubts their "form, the scenic quality, the possibility of impact on the public..." Disappointing results of his submissions of plays to Paulhan, Gillet, Daniel-Rops... Presentation of Judas, "a play of extraordinary emotional density and ideas..." December 12. "I am not a man of the theatre, but a pure thinker, and still very unorthodox": mysticism interests him above all else... December 14. A copy of Judas is sent. "I'm listening tonight in Moses"... December 15. Max Moutia found Judas "good, if not excellent" ... January 19, 1952. He was astonished to learn that Paulhan had written an article about him: "For more than a year now, he has not written to me, I believe he is inferior, not to the slanders reported to him, he is too intelligent for that, but to the appearances that my uncompromising conduct has led him to believe. I have stopped writing any plays [...] and I have a second manifffffeste published, following Aggenese: Consciousness and Absolute or A-Genesis"... May 13, 1953. He addressed Judas: "It's a bit like you. He sent Paulhan and Jean Tardieu records of the "snippets" that Maurice's radio station gave him... August 6, 1955. "It's been four years since I've been in a night, the cosmic night. I've been coming out of it for a few days, lit by a new sun. I finally see the true meaning of the universe and our destiny. I understand myself and I understand everything"... There will be talk of her "investigation into the inv
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