Élisabeth-Rachel Félix, known as RACHEL. L.A.S., Paris June 27, 1850, to "Mon cher Poëte" [Joseph Autran]; 2 1/2 pages in-8 in his cipher (small split at fold). Beautiful letter about Autran's La Fille d'Eschyle, which Rachel would like to perform at the Comédie-Française (the play had premiered on March 9, 1848 at the Odéon). Ligier had just resigned, and "Mr. Randoux would be happy to return to the role of Aeschylus, which he is said to have played with intelligence; Mr. Randoux is going on leave with me and my brother, so the three of us could take on your Tragedy; Mr. Randoux also knows the staging of your work, which would enable us to rehearse the play even before our return; then, five or six rehearsals at the Théâtre français would be enough for us to play Aeschylus' Daughter in the first days of November. And she draws up the cast of the play, with Randoux as Aeschylus, her brother Raphaël Félix as Sophocles and her sister Rebecca as Muse, and for Méganire "a woman named Rachel"... She thus ensures "a success for next winter". Finally, she congratulates Autran on his success at the Académie française (the Prix Montyon for La Fille d'Eschyle), and concludes: "Come on, you must be on a roll. Well, get to work and write me a good, beautiful Tragédie, at which price I'll sign your Tragédienne Rachel". Attached is a L.A.S. from Joseph Autran (1813-1877), Marseille November 21, 1850, to Arsène Houssaye (1815-1896), expressing concern for the fate of his play, having learned that "Mlle Rachel was soon to perform a new work by MM. Maquet and Lacroix [Valéria] and that she also had a Frédégonde under consideration", and recalling the "formal promise [of] the illustrious tragedienne"... (2p. in-8, small tear). [La Fille d'Eschyle was not revived in France, as Rachel was busy touring].