Georges BERR (1867-1942). 7 L.A.S. or L.S., 1916-1927, to Émile Drain; 10 pages in-8 and 3 1/2 pages in-4, envelopes. Beautiful correspondence from the actor to his student. [Georges Berr, a member of the Comédie-Française, retired in 1923. Émile Drain (1890-1966) joined the Comédie-Française in 1920; he became famous for having played Napoleon a dozen times on screen]. In his first letters, Berr encourages his pupil, mobilized in the rear for health reasons, and points out the monologues he has written. He comforts him, and will try to get him transferred to Paris... "It would indeed be very sad if you were unable next year to continue your studies, which were so successful this year. [...] To win a 1st prize, you need a personality and a gift for self-expression that you don't yet possess. You reason too much about what you do, and your playing smacks too much of the application of a good student; you lack, as Musset says, genius and ease! The day you become a character instead of disserting on a character, you'll have taken a big step forward"... In 1919, he intervened with Émile Fabre to get Drain into Les Français... On March 29, 1926, he asked Drain to "appear one last time alongside your old master" for his retirement performance, in Gringoire. In 1927, he talks about Drain's radio sketches... Attached is a L.A.S. to actor Pierre Falconnier, March 29, 1926, asking him to take part in his retirement performance, playing the role of the lackey in 2 acts of Regnard's Légataire universel.