Henry de MONTHERLANT. Partially autograph typescript, *Don J - Lot 384

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Henry de MONTHERLANT. Partially autograph typescript, *Don J - Lot 384
Henry de MONTHERLANT. Partially autograph typescript, *Don Juan*, 1956–1957; [3]–117 pages (pp. 1–107 with duplicate folios) in-4, loose sheets in a cardboard binder with a sliding cover. Working typescript of the play *Don Juan*, now titled *La Mort qui fait le trottoir*, in a version differing from the published text and containing significant handwritten additions and corrections. Don Juan premiered at the Théâtre de l’Athénée on November 4, 1958, directed by Georges Vitaly, with Pierre Brasseur in the role of Don Juan; it was published by Lefebvre in April 1958 with lithographs by Mariano Andreu (set designer) and later by Gallimard; it was reprinted in 1972 in the Folio collection and in the *Théâtre* (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade) series under the title *La Mort qui fait le trottoir* (*Don Juan*). This typescript is dated “Paris, May 1956” at the end, with a handwritten addition: “and September 1957.” The text contains numerous variations from the published version, with many cross-outs and corrections as well as significant handwritten additions in red ink, green, or blue, ranging from a single sentence or a few sentences to entire scenes, written between the lines or in the margins, on four loose-leaf sheets, and 12 added pages. Some lines or phrases have been deleted; for example, the end of Scene 3 of Act II is crossed out in red pencil (pp. 40–41). The scene with the Commander (Act II, Scene 4) is largely in the author’s own handwriting, on seven inserted pages written in red pen.
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