A small archive, mainly of correspondence to one of his translators, Edward Marsh.

Author: 
Claude-André Puget, French playwright:
Publication details: 
1953-1961.
£450.00
SKU: 13093

Total: c.43 items, some more than one page, 1953-1961, including:18 ALsS, TLsS and APCsS, to Edward Marsh, translator, total 26 pages/sides, various formats, with a telegram to him with note from him, and telegram from him to Edward Marsh. All in French.Subjects include: correspondents; plans, people involved in production; Marsh's translation (slow; approval of Joan Greenwood's involvement; his "Un Type qu'on appelle Judas" (just finished); thirst for news; suitability for films ("Tourterelle"); the agent van Loewen; approval of Vivien Leigh; "Theatre d'Essai"; "Les Jours Heureux" - changes to original for English-speaking world inc. US; rights; "Judas" in process of translation; his agent; Ronald Duncan's interest; Margaret Ramsay; "Vous êtes le boss". WITH:Edward Marsh: (carbon copies) letters from Marsh to Puget (2), a Mrs Martin (explaining in detail his business relationship with Puget), and the Play Dept, Granada Television (recommending Georges Neveux's "The Splits" and Puget and Marsh's "A Pretty Pass". With suggested publicity material (reviews, biography, etc) for the Daily Telegraph; ( carbon copy letters Marsh to Eric Bentley and John Clements with extensive information about Puget and his works (and other French playwrights), including lengthy synopses; draft review of "The Green Years" ("Les Jours Heureux") with MS. alterations and additions in Marsh's hand; draft autograph letter Marsh to Joan Greenwood, Director.TLsS from agent Jan van Loewen's assistant (2), Toby Rowland/Lars Schmidt (producers, 2, Schmidt's To Puget), Dorothy Mather (Film Rights Ltd, Ronald Singleton (Granada TV), Ivan Foxwell (producer) ALsS (3) from Frnaces Martin, translator(?), Lovat Fraser (Laurence Olivier Productions).Two substantial TLSs from Basil Ashmore, director, to Marsh about "the Angel" ["An Angel of No Importance"].Programme for a performance of "The Green Years" at Cambridge Arts Theatre, no year given