Firmin GÉMIER (1869-1933) actor and director, first director - Lot 85

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Firmin GÉMIER (1869-1933) actor and director, first director - Lot 85
Firmin GÉMIER (1869-1933) actor and director, first director of the Théâtre National Populaire. 8 L.A.S., [1896-1901] and n.d., to Jules Huret; 21 pages of various sizes, mostly on letterhead, including a Théâtre de la Renaissance. Direction Gémier, 2 envelopes. Monday [14 September 1896]. He complains that Huret did not support him when Ginisty tried to "get rid of Antoine's friends" at the Odéon: "there are enough mufles to overwhelm the defeated"... Boulogne s/mer [1897 ?]. Stay in Boulogne; his affection is not a "calculation": "for a mutt it is enormous to be the friend of the theatrical courrier of this big duck", but he admires Huret for his "courage to break in visor with the muffles"... Before committing himself to Decourcelle, he wants to know what Antoine intends to do with him: "what we will play at his place will be much more interesting than what we will play elsewhere. It may not last, but at least we will do some good things there in the short time that we have"... - Aix-les-Bains [July 1899]. "Paulus is such a cad and such a liar! Friday. He worries about the leaks of his project in the press; he speaks of "la môme Dolley", who is of the same strength as Eugénie Buffet, but not of La Duse; following this, l.a.s. from Louise Dolley... Etc. We join 2 telegrams and the minute a.s. of an answer of Huret, November 18, 1896.
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