Maurice rostand (1891-1968). Autograph manuscript signed "M.R.," Le Songe d'un soir de Noël, mystery, September [1934]; 17 pages in-4 in blue ink on the front of bluish paper slips (qqs. slight moisture stains). Mystery in verse, dedicated to M. l'abbé Jager. This small piece puts in scene The Poet, The Star, Mary, Jesus, Joseph, the Magi, etc. Guided by the Star, the Poet holds the beautiful role. When the play begins, the Poet is alone, at night, on a bench : " The Night of Christmas shakes around my old bench : Christmas... and I have no more, in this falling midnight, Than this last bill light as a phalene. I am poorer still than Mr Paul Verlaine Who, always without money, did not have yet God "...