Henri BERGSON (1859-1941). L.A.S., Paris, December 18, 1935, [to Émile Fabre, General Administrator of the Comédie-Française]; 2 1/2 pages in-8. He intervenes on behalf of a Comédie-Française resident, Claude Lehmann (1908-1977), who is in danger of being dismissed as a cost-cutting measure. "I have no expertise in dramatic matters other than that of a spectator. But I would like to tell you what an excellent impression Mr Claude Lehmann made on me when, having won 1st prize at the Conservatoire, he came to play for me, with a fellow student, the scene from Le Menteur in which Dorante's famous story is told - a scene which had won him the prize. I had once heard Delaunay in this role, which was one of his triumphs. I had also heard Got, who probably never played the role, but who read the scene to us in one of his lessons in the diction course he gave us at the École Normale. Contrary to what I might have expected, the memory of these two admirable performances did not prevent me from enjoying Mr. Claude Lehmann's lively and charming acting"...