Jules ROMAINS (1885-1972). 5 L.A.S., 1918-1926, to Émile Fabre, administrator of the Comédie-Française; 7pages in-4. Interesting correspondence about his theater and the Comédie-Française. Nice November 28, 1918, about his play Cromedeyre-le-vieil, which he instructs Louise Lara to deliver to Fabre. 1925-1926, about his new play, Le Dictateur, which he must read to the reading committee. - June 2, 1926: "I still think it's very important for my play to be performed at the Comédie Française", but he would like it to be performed before December 1. - July 12. Louis Jouvet, director of the Comédie des Champs-Élysées, wants to put an end to useless talks [he will be staging Le Dictateur on October 5]. "All in all, you have obtained the result you have been seeking for over a year, by means constantly renewed, and which was to keep my work away from the theater you administer. I say for more than a year, because your attitude has been apparent since my first meeting with you, when you knew neither the text, nor the subject, nor even the title of my play, and consequently the political scruples you are bound to invoke had not even crossed your mind". He is not an isolated case, and, driven by "the general interest of authors, the reputation of the Comédie and public morality", he is going to request an inquiry from the Minister of Public Instruction...