Louis Robin papers, ca. 1890-1935.

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Louis Robin papers, ca. 1890-1935.

The collection includes mainly correspondence in French, dated 1898-1935. The letters are handwritten or typed, by actors, playwrights, singers, composers, theatre administrators, mostly from Comédie-Française, addressed to Louis Robin. The correspondence consists of personal and business letters, postcards and telegrams. Included also are photographs of French actors (some autographed), such as Réjane's, Carmen de Raisy, Maurice de Féraudy, thank you notes, programs, newspaper clippings. The correspondents include: Jules Claretie, Justin Clérice, Cadet Coquelin, Constant Coquelin, Paulette Darty, Jeanne DeFava, Marcelle Ragon, Marthe Regnier, Samuel Rousseau, Cecil Sorel, Abel Tarride, Maguy Vama, Hector Dufranne, Edmond Got, Gabrielle Robinne, Gabriel Signoret. Included also in the collection is Maurice de Féraudy's scrapbook inscribed to Louis Robin. The scrapbook contains the actor's letters to Robin, brochures, postcards with short notes, photographs of the actor (some of which autographed) in various costumes and make up as well as a holograph poem "A une bargue" signed by de Féraudy. Included in the scrapbook are also three printed plays in which Féraudy played: "Le fruit défendu" by Camille Doucet, "Souvent homme varie" by Auguste Vacquerie and "L'amiral" by Jacques Normand.

2 boxes ; 27 x 32 x 7 cm. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7452828

Ohio State University Libraries

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Got, Edmond, 1822-1901

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Tarride, Abel, 1865-1951

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Comédie-Française.

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Féraudy, Maurice de, 1859-1932.

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Robinne, Gabrielle 1886-1980

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Vama, Maguy.

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Regnier, Marthe, b. 1880.

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Réjane, Gabrielle-Charlotte, 1856-1920.

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Coquelin, Ernest

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Ernest Coquelin was an actor at the Comédie Française, born in 1848. He used the name Coquelin Cadet to avoid being confused with his older brother, also a successful actor at the same theater. He died in 1909. From the description of Letters to Gabriel Ferrier, 1882-1906. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81666615 Coquelin Cadet was an actor at the Comédie Française. He used the name Coquelin Cadet to avoid the confusion with his older brother, Constant Co...

Clérice, Justin, 1863-1908

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Robin, Louis, 1903-

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Darty, Paulette, 1871-1939

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Coquelin, Constant, 1841-1909

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Ragon, Marcelle

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Claretie, Jules, 1840-1913

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Jules Claretie was a writer, playwright and frequent contributor to various periodicals. In 1885 he became administrator of the Comédie Française, where he worked until shortly before his death. From the description of Letters to Gabriel Ferrier, 1888-1906. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79935581 ...

Signoret, Gabriel, 1878-1937

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Dufranne, Hector, 1871-1951

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Rousseau, Samuel, 1853-1904

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DeFava, Jeanne.

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