RICTUS (Jehan). - Lot 99

RICTUS (Jehan). Dimanche et Lundi férié or The Winning Number. One-act play. Paris, Reims: Eugène Rey, chez tous les libraires, 1905. - In-8, 239 x 174 : 31 pp. Orange morocco paper boards (period binding). Uncommon first edition of this one-act play by Jehan Rictus, first performed on December 18, 1905 at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre. Copy of the libertarian publisher and short story writer Henri Rainaldy, founder of the "Société libre d'édition des Gens de lettres" publishing house. It bears this autograph letter signed by the author on the false title: Pour Henri Rainaldy, // Amitiés, // Jehan Rictus // (Nbre 1906) Rictus wrote the following note: For the artist, Life is so beautiful // only because he has the ability to // recreate it // JR followed by this very interesting information about the piece after the false title: Dimanche & Lundi férié // ou // le numéro gagnant // joué à l'Œuvre les 18, 19 et 20 Décembre // 1905 // à la suite de 4 Actes de Maria Cheliga. // Father Vidal .........MM. Moreau Benjamin Noirot.......Jehan Adès Un Sergent de Ville......Gorieux Noémie Vidal.......Mme Albanie Un Marmiton....Mlle Jeanne Leduc (La Foule (Figuration, artists from the play // by Madame Cheliga) // (This play is due to be performed in Berlin // in December 1906 at the Figaro Teater. A good copy.