Autograph letter signed.

Cocteau, Jean, French poet, painter and playwright (1889-1963).

Verlag: Milly-la-Forêt , "Easter" 1950.

Beschreibung

4to. 1 page. With autograph envelope Highly interesting letter to his close friend Herman van den Driessche bearing testimony to Jean Cocteau's exhaustion following the completion of the film adaptation of his novel Les Enfants terribles. Cocteau, who had only given "vague responses" recently, explains that he is ill and over-worked as all his "force" and "substance" went into the project. He also mentions that his work at the opera "scares" him, alluding to professional differences with the dancer, choreographer, and ballet master at the Paris Opera Serge Lifar. Therefore, he will spend several months in the south, leaving his retreat "under no circumstances". Apparently, van den Driesschen had asked Cocteau to join a literary event in Paris, which is why he appeals to his understanding as the person who knows him "better than anybody else" and also knows that he never refuses to help. Furthermore, Cocteau reminds his friend that the "poet is posthumous" and that his "presence is useless", as only his "phantom counts". - The film adaptation of Jean Cocteau's 1929 novel was the second feature film realized by Jean-Pierre Melville. Cocteau wrote the screenplay and provided the voice-over narration of the film. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 54376

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Autograph letter signed.

Verlag: Milly-la-Forêt , "Easter" 1950.