Pierre-Louis Du Bus dit PRÉVILLE (1721-1799) member and dean of the Comédie-Française, creator of Figaro in Le Barbier de Séville. L.A.S., September 1, 1757, to Charles-Simon Favart; 1 1/2 pages in-4, addressed with red wax seal. He has seen "all the people who must work to put our festival in order", and he urges Favart: "our comic opera is undoubtedly making great strides"; as the festival is set for the 10th, "it must be done promptly, for it is still necessary to have the opportunity to learn"... He adds: "assure your dear wife that I am as attached to her as you are"...