Lot 383
Guilbert, Yvette (1865-1944) French actress, songwriter, author and theatrical producer of the Belle Époque. Autograph letter signed ("Yvette"), 2 pages, in French, on "Yvette Guilbert's School of the Theatre" letterhead, 9¾ x 8 in., Hotel Majestic, New York, [1922]. To Mr. de Bonneford, telling him she is bringing to Paris "a magnificent reconstruction of an old Mystery Play of the XIV century which will be presented in English…and I should like the Church, in the person of its archbishops etc. etc. to decide at last to help the theater become poetic again, and…religious! as it was in the Xiiith century!!! Would you, could you, help me?….Faith - it is the uniquely true consolation!" With English translation.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
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