THEATRE. INTERPRETATION. XXth. WAR 14-18. MODERN LITERATURE. - Lot 23

THEATRE. INTERPRETATION. XXth. WAR 14-18. MODERN LITERATURE. Emile DRAIN (1890-1966) "The Napoleon of the screen" who played the Emperor for Sacha Guitry... a great theatrical performer who was also an author and poet. Passive correspondence. Lot of several L.A.S., sometimes accompanied by their envelopes with addresses and stamps, received by Emile DRAIN of the Comédie française, including some partly typescript letters on headed paper, in connection with the theater and the éditio,. -2 lovely L.A.S. from Henri Gaubert, then still a young author in the second half of the 20th century, who wrote notably about Napoleon, dated 1949. Formats in-12 and in-4, 4 pp. -2 large typewritten and signed letters on the letterhead of the Association des Ecrivains combattants de 1914 à 1918. 2 sheets, dated June 1924, with stamped addressed envelope (stamped for the 1924 Paris Olympic Games). -A L.A.S. from the General Secretary of the Théatre de l'Odéon, October 5, 1916, on Théatre National de l'Odéon letterhead. 1 ff. folded, with stamped addressed envelope. During the war, Emile Drain was a corporal in the General Staff, based in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine. - A large signed typescript letterhead, probably during or shortly after the 14-18 War, from the OEuvre Française & Populaire des Trente ans de Théatre (Paris). 1 pp. some folding and soiling -A large typescript letter signed by editor G; de Pawlowski, on letterhead printed in red and black, from La Comoedia, Journal quotidien illustré littéraire et de critiques artistiques, with stamped addressed envelope. 1 ff., Paris, January 25, 1911.