André ANTOINE. 10 L.A.S., January-July 1941, to Sacha GUITRY; 10 pages in-8 or in-4. Correspondence concerning Le Triomphe d'Antoine organized by Guitry and René Benjamin at the Comédie-Française on May 10, 1941 in tribute to Antoine and for his benefit. The letters are written from Le Pouliguen or Paris. In them, Antoine thanks Guitry, and asks him to take care of the payment, at his convenience, of the evening's benefit; he is obliged to return to Le Pouliguen, where he and his companion occupy the house of his brother Jules, which is in danger of being requisitioned by the Germans. He doesn't want a life annuity. He was 83 years old, and what's more, he wanted to dispose of half the capital in favor of his companion Suzanne [in fact Eugénie-Marie Jagu, whom he married on the morning of his death, October 19, 1943]. On June 1, he requested that the entire profit from the performance be paid into his bank account at Crédit Lyonnais.... On July 1, he acknowledges receipt of a check for 86,600 francs, as a first down payment, but doesn't understand "what this sort of 'family council' has to do with my business. What can Janvier, Hervé, d'Inès and Gauthier be doing here? I'm old enough to settle my affairs as I see fit"... On July 14, he thanks Sacha for all the trouble he has taken, "only you could have succeeded so magnificently in this rescue"... Enclosed: - 2 L.S. to Sacha Guitry, Camaret-sur-Mer 1928-1929, about the opening of the Théâtre Pigalle built by Baron Henri de Rothschild, which he has agreed to direct, and Guitry's Histoires de France show (3 and 1 p. in-4); - a typed account of the takings for Le Triomphe d'Antoine; - a set of press clippings about Le Triomphe d'Antoine, and about the actor's death.