Lot n° 280
Estimation :
300 - 400
EUR
ANTOINE (André).
"Mes souvenirs" on the Théâtre-libre.
Paris... - Lot 280 - Ader
ANTOINE (André).
"Mes souvenirs" on the Théâtre-libre.
Paris : Arthème Fayard & Cie, 1921. - In-8, 200 x 130 : 324 pp, (1 blank page), printed cover. Dark brown half-maroquin with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Kama Rok).
First edition.
"On March 31, 1887, in Paris, André Antoine opened an associative stage, the Théâtre Libre, in response to the appeal made by Émile Zola seven years earlier. This theatre was intended to be free of the constraints of censorship, innovative and ambitious: it experienced nine difficult seasons and closed its doors in 1896. However, at the end of these nine years, seven of which were directed by André Antoine, the results were considerable: major foreign playwrights were performed in Paris (Hauptmann, Ibsen, Schnitzler), a generation of new French playwrights (Ancey, Brieux, Courteline, Curel, etc.) was born on stage, the Théâtre Libre troupe was recognized for its cohesion, and, above all, directing, as a federation of the parts that make up a performance, was established as an autonomous art. In founding the Théâtre Libre, André Antoine created, in a way, a model" (Preface by Philippe Baron to the collection entitled Le théâtre libre d'Antoine et les théâtres de recherche étrangers, 2007).
One of 125 numbered copies on Papeteries Lafuma paper (n° 103), this one enriched with a portrait of the author after a photograph by Benque, an autograph card signed by the author, two postcards (Théâtre Antoine and L'Évasion pièce de Brieux), an original programme of the Théâtre Antoine from 1900, 2 L.A.S. and a L.S. from the author.
A good copy. Restorations on the back cover.
Attached, by the same author :
- Le Théâtre. Paris: Les Éditions de France, 1932-[1933]. - 2 volumes in-8, 200 x 129 : (2 ff.), II, 515 pp. with printed cover ; (2 ff.), 511 pp. with printed cover. Half burgundy morocco with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Yseux sr. de Thierry-Simier).
First edition of this table of the French dramatic production from 1870 to the 1930's.
One of 70 numbered copies on Alfa paper, the only one on large paper mentioned (n° 24), signed by the author at the justification
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Slight cracks at the hinges.
Provenance: Husson, with ex-libris.
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