L'ŒUVRE Revue internationale des arts du théâtre 1st period: n° 1, March 1909-n° 14, December 1909 then,? n° 1, January 1910-n° 12 (or 26th issue of December 1910) then,?n° 1 (27th issue, January 1911)-n° 12 (35th issue, December 1911) then, n° 1/2 (36th issue, January-February 1912)-n° 9 (43rd issue, October-December 1912) then, n° 1 (44th issue, January-February 1913)-n° 2 (50th issue, July 1914); 2nd period: n° 1 (51/52nd issue, July 1919)-n° 7 (58th issue) then,?n° 9 (61st issue)-n° 16 (actually n° 17: 69th issue, May 1923) + special issue (May 15, 1921); 3rd period (1923-1924 season): 70th issue (or n° 1, November 1923)-72nd issue (or n° 3, June 1924); 4th period (1924-1925 season): 73rd issue (autumn 1924)-75th issue (spring-summer 1925). In the 1st period: no. 2 (March-April 1913) is listed as issue 44 bis; the first 9 issues are simply 4-page program bulletins, which then become more substantial. There are two tables of contents. After issue no. 2, July 1914, publication was interrupted and resumed in 1919. 2nd period: issue no. 8 (59th/60th issue, January 1921) is missing. The special issue has no number: it consists of 1 portrait by Crommelynck and 7 hors-texte plates by Crommelynck for "Le Cocu magnifique". The cover of this special issue is identical to that of No. 10 (62nd issue) of May 1921. Becomes L'ŒUVRE THÉÂTRALE for the 76th issue (5th issue, no. 1, December 1925), then LA REVUE DE L'ŒUVRE from the 77th issue: 5th issue: 77th issue (no. 2, January 1926)-79th issue (no. 1, November 1926), then 81st issue (no. 3, May 1927)-87th issue (no. 3, February 1929); 6th issue: 89th issue (no. 1, January 1930). The 80th and 88th issues of the 5th period are missing... The 77th issue is mimeographed... The 82nd issue (no. 1, November 1927) is missing the 7 pages mentioned in the table of contents. Paris, Director: A.-F. Lugné-Poe. Texts by Antonin Artaud, François Bernouard, Paul Claudel, Suzanne Desprès, Neel Doff, Isadora Duncan, Maurice de Faramond, Paul Fort, Ivan Goll, Remy de Gourmont, Alfred Jarry, Frantz Jourdain, Ernest Lajeunesse, Legrand-Chabrier, Simon Lissim, Lugné-Poe, Paul Poiret, Henri de Régnier, André Salmon, Auguste Strindberg, Christian Zervos, etc. Illustrations by L.R. Antral, Léon Bakst, Serge Choubine, Jean Cocteau, Maurice Denis, Maxime Dethomas, Henri Etlin, Pierre Fau, André Girard, Nathalie Goncharova, Constantin Guys, Hellé, Jean Hugo, Alfred Jarry, Lucien Laforge, Pierre Laprade, Auguste Rodin, Gino Severini, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Dongen, Édouard Vuillard, etc. Almost complete collection. 87 in-4 paperback issues in 5 slipcases. The first 26 issues are unbound. Joint: - Directory program from 1893 to 1914 (21 ff. in-4 dactyl.); - 2 L.A.S. from Lugné-Poe to Édouard Dujardin (1892 and 1893); - 1 L.D.S. from Lugné-Poe to Édouard Dujardin (1939); - 1. L.A.S. from Suzanne Desprès to Édouard Dujardin (1924); - 3 portraits of Lugné-Poe; - Program for Paul Claudel's "L'Otage" (1914); - 1 n° of 16 p., non date', non nume'rote' dedicated' to Suzanne Despre`s. This collection is extremely rare, having been published very irregularly.