Désiré-Paul Parfouru, known as POREL (1843-1917). 3 L.A.S., [1876-1882] and s.d., to journalist Auguste Vitu; 5pages in-8. Tuesday, May 30 [1876], asking him to say a word about his history of the Odéon (L'Odéon, histoire administrative, anecdotique et littéraire du second théâtre français, written with Georges Monval), using the occasion of the premiere of André Gill's La Corde au cou. - April 1882], asking him to talk about his second volume on the Odéon, whose centenary is about to be celebrated with a popular performance of Le Mariage de Figaro, where Porel will say an apropos verse by the young poet Auguste Dorchain, L'Odéon et la jeunesse. - He puts off their lunch, having been hired for the whole week: "readings, auditions, rehearsals, set examinations, the whole shebang"...