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COCTEAU Jean (1889-1963).

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COCTEAU Jean (1889-1963).
L.A. (signed with a star), [late April 1940], to "Mon bel ange" [Jean MARAIS]| 1 page in-4.
[After the April 20, 1940 premiere at the Bouffes-Parisiens of two plays by Cocteau (sets by Christian Bérard "Bébé"):
Le Bel Indifférent, in one act (monologue) with Édith PIAF and Paul
Meurisse, and Les Monstres sacrés with Yvonne de Bray and Madeleine Robinson.
Robinson]". My eyes hurt, but the oculist says it's due to my general condition [...] I need rest! What rest while you're away? - Tonight I saw Jef [KESSEL] and Germaine Sablon at the show. [...] I won't tell you about the show. I heard the monsters were doing well. Piaf is silence and emptiness. I just don't get it. I thought it was a triumph. The whole thing - Elle - moi - Bébé - remains invisible to a small, gloomy audience.
I'm still hoping for a miracle. I hope it will happen for us, so that we can have some money and take the apartment in the Palais-Royal - to wait for life to begin again and allow us to work together. Mon Jean, I suffer too far from you.