IONESCO EUGENE: (1909-1994) Romanian-French playwright. T.L.S., Gene Ionesco, one page ...

IONESCO EUGENE: (1909-1994) Romanian-French playwright. T.L.S., Gene Ionesco, one page, 4to, Paris, 18th May 1982, to Helene Bishop, in French. Ionesco states that he is delighted to learn of his correspondent´s plans to make a documentary film about Jean-Louis Barrault and continues ´Naturellement, je preterai mon concours a ce projet. D´apres ce que tu me decris, je dois donner une interview filmee, au cours de laquelle je parlerai de lui et de notre collaboration dans des oeuvres theatrales´ (Translation: ´Naturally, I'll be lending my support to this project. According to your description, I'm to give a filmed interview in which I'll talk about him and our collaboration on theatrical works´), further remarking ´Je suis heureux qu´un film sur Jean-Louis soit enfin entrepris. C´est un des grands hommes du theatre francais, meme du theatre tout court et certainement un des personnages du 20 eme siecle´ (Translation: ´I'm delighted that a film about Jean-Louis is finally being made. He is one of the great men of French theatre, indeed of theatre in general, and certainly one of the great figures of the 20th century´). With a printed English translation of the letter lightly attached to the base of the page. Accompanied by the original envelope. A few light creases, VG

Jean-Louis Barrault (1910-1994) French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both stage and screen.