Eugène IONESCO. L.A.S., Graz November 29, 1971, [to Pierre Dux, administrator of the Comédie-Française]; 2 1/2 pages in-8. About the revival of La Soif et la faim (first performed at the Comédie-Française, February 28, 1966). Ionesco doesn't want "to give [Jean-Paul] Roussillon 'absolute freedom', which you asked for on his behalf. Here, right now, in Gratz, I'm the director of Le Roi se meurt, of which I'm the author, and yet, knowing full well what I want, we consult each other amicably with my assistant, with the actors, with the set designer. Democratically. Only the dictator demands full powers". He is not opposed to programming a Labiche. But he would prefer to see "L'Avenir est dans les œufs, which completes Jacques [or Submission]. [...] And if the Comédie or the Odéon don't open up to these 2 plays, we'll do others, because I'm living in creative times"...