Francis JAMMES (1868-1938) poet. 3 L.A.S. and 1 P.A.S., Hasp - Lot 348

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Francis JAMMES (1868-1938) poet. 3 L.A.S. and 1 P.A.S., Hasp - Lot 348
Francis JAMMES (1868-1938) poet. 3 L.A.S. and 1 P.A.S., Hasparren (Basses-Pyrénées) February 1937, to the actress Jeanne BOITEL, in Paris; 13 pages in-4, 2 envelopes, and illustrated postcard. February 6. The old poet sends her a bundle of his laurels: "you have rendered in a sublime way the soul, face and voice of Eugénie Grandet. You and those who accompanied you were worthy - and what can I say! of Balzac's genius..." He invites him to share this letter with the other performers and the director, and to tell Albert Arnault [author of the stage adaptation] "that he has risen to an almost impossible task... 22 February. "My child, I bless you. ...] I wrote a poem a little after I turned 20, Un jour. ... It is on this dislocated idyll that poetry will start again after a long sleep. It will witness the rebirth of what I conceived in 1888. I will have been dead for a long time, no doubt. It would have been, it may be what was, and much more so, the Passing for Sarah "... February 23rd. Portrait of Jammes (by Macier), dedicated "to the soul of Eugénie Grandet", and on the back: "to Jeanne Boitel [...] on her return from mass"... March 24, 1937. Presentation of UUn jour, one of those youthful works "coming out of the heart like an army of white lilies". This act should be read slowly: "ask yourself what you could give in this role of primitive: the soul of the poet. It could be a curtain-raiser that would be a dawn-raiser"... He gives a few indications of the setting, agreeing to change a few lines if necessary. "Copeau wanted to play One day, then war broke out and I didn't care anymore. It's true that I don't like theatre. Jane Bathory had even rehearsed in front of me while I was going to Paris. In fact, it was Un jour, entirely set to music by Raymond Bonheur. But here your simple voice would say the verses - perhaps preceded by a discreet overture. ...] The young people come back to me and I would like to see you triumph"...
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