Jacques COPEAU. 4 L.A.S., Paris and Pernand-Vergelesses 1934-1935, to Madeleine Lambert; 1page in-8 and 4pages in-4 (2 with vignette), 2 envelopes. Beautiful correspondence to actress Madeleine Lambert (1892-1977), who played Rosalinde in Shakespeare's Rosalinde ou Comme il vous plaira (premiered at the Atelier on October 11, 1934). The play's success encourages Copeau to create a large-scale repertory theater at l'Ambigu or la Porte Saint-Martin; the project never comes to fruition. July 27, 1934, thanking Copeau for a shipment of sweets. "Soon we'll be locked up in Shakespeare, far from everything". - January 3, 1935, he hopes she feels the well-being of rest. "I envy you, not having known relaxation for months!"...- April 19. He hasn't signed yet. "And there's a draw! But the two places are not comparable!"...- August 17. The project is going nowhere, he can't complete the subscription, and he's going to ask all his friends and acquaintances to buy shares of a thousand francs. But he refuses to allow Madeleine Lambert to sell her jewels: "I have never accepted, and will never accept, that an actress or an actor should sponsor a theater that I run, and thereby create rights for herself. I want to be absolutely free. [...] All my life I've fought against the tyranny of money. I am radically poor. And personally I want to stay that way"... And he will be happy to have Madeleine play... Enclosed is the program (and an advertisement) for Rosalinde or Comme il vous plaira at the Atelier.