Jacques COPEAU.3 L.A.S., [1923?]-1928; 3pages and a half in-8 and half-page in-4, vignettes, 2 on Le Vieux Colombier letterhead. May 31 [1923?], to Maurice Donnay, thanking him for his "words of friendship and encouragement. [...] We've done a lot of work. We never stop trying. And this effort, alas! is always under threat. After ten years, I'm not sure about tomorrow. I'm not telling you this to moan, but because I'm aware of what has been done, of what could be done to save our theater, and because a man of your authority, if he sincerely recognizes our efforts, could help us enormously. But what I want most of all is for you to follow our performances, to see us perform Shakespeare, Molière, Marivaux, Racine, Beaumarchais etc."... March 22, 1925, to Émile Fabre, administrator of the Comédie-Française. Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale cannot now be remounted at Le Français, as it is no more than five or six years since he staged it at Le Vieux-Colombier. "But is there a Shakespeare comedy you'd like to do? It's all very well to play Hamlet, but it's really good to play lesser-known works, which could make for a longer and more fruitful repertory career"... Pernand-Vergelesses April 3, 1928, to Jacques Rouché, administrator of the Opéra, who has asked him to come and work at the Opéra. He is unable to commit, "because of my workload, which is considerable. Work behind schedule for three publishers, preparation for a major tour, expansion of my organization"... Enclosed is a prospectus for his "six dramatic readings", October-November 1926, at the Salle des Agriculteurs.