DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870)

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., `Al. Dumas´, one page, blue paper, 5.5 x 5 page, n.p., n.d., to his editor Monsieur Alexandre Cadot, in French. Dumas, once again, desperately asks for money to his editor and refers to a new legal process to claim funds that he considers have not been payed to him, stating `Donnez-moi le plus que vous pouvez. Hostein manque à ses engagements vis-à-vis de moi. Je vais être obligé de le poursuivre. Tâchez de remettre 300 fr...´ (Translation: "Give me as much as you can. Hostein is failing to honour his commitments to me. I'm going to have to sue him. Try to give me 300 francs...") Overall creasing, mostly to the right corners, otherwise G

Hippolyte Hostein (1814-1879) French Theatre director of the Thêatre Historique. The Théâtre Historique was a Parisian theatre built in 1846 for the French novelist Alexandre Dumas. Plays adapted by Dumas from his historical novels were mostly performed, and, although the theatre survived the 1848 Revolution, it closed at the end of 1850.