ROLLAND ROMAIN: (1866-1944)

ROLLAND ROMAIN: (1866-1944)

ROLLAND ROMAIN: (1866-1944) French Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1915. A.L.S., Romain Rolland, two pages, written to the first and third page, 8vo, Villeneuve - Vaud, 7th February 1937, to Carlos Larronde, in French. Rolland makes some clarifications regarding his work Le Théâtre de la Revolution, stating in part `Voici les quelques lignes que vous me demandez. Si elles vous dérangent un peu dans votre présentation, coupez ce qui vous gène! L'essentiel est qu'il soit dit que mon cycle de la Révolution comprend 7 pièces écrites - et non trois, comme on l'a répété dans les journaux, en se fiant au titre, Théâtre de la Révolution, appliqué, dans les éditions Albin Michel, aux trois seules pièces: 14 Juillet, Les Loups, Danton. C'est une simple question de librairie qui a causé cette présentation erronée...´ (Translation: “Here are the few lines that you ask me. If they bother you a little in your presentation, cut what bothers you! The main thing is that it be said that my cycle of the Revolution includes 7 written plays - and not three, as has been repeated in the newspapers, relying on the title, Theatre of the Revolution, applied, in the editions Albin Michel, to only three plays: 14th July, The Wolves, Danton. It's a simple library issue that caused this misrepresentation”) Few red stains to the second sheet, not affecting the text or signature. VG

 

Carlos Larronde (1888-1940) French Poet, known as the Poet of the Waves because he directed a radio theatre programme in Paris.

The remaining four titles to complete Rolland´s work Théâtre de la Révolution were Pâques Fleuries, Le Triomphe de la Raison, Le Jeu de l'Amour et de la Mort et Les Léonides (1927). Romain Rolland would add an additional one Robespierre, which would be published in 1938.