Rare letter from his youth Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. Signed autograph...
Rare letter from his youth
Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. Signed autograph letter written in Ligier. October 22, 1840. 1 p. in-8, address.
“You were kind enough to send me two tickets for *Henri III*… Would it be too forward of me to make a similar request today… for two box seats for Saturday, if that is the day my father’s play is being performed… They’ll be for my mother, who didn’t come to the premiere… Alex. Dumas Jr. 6 Rue de Courcelles. Pension Hénon.”
A beautiful letter in which one senses the love that the young Alexandre (aged 16) felt for his mother, Catherine Labay, with whom he stayed during his breaks from boarding school. In 1840, the teenager was all the closer to her because he had taken his father’s marriage to Ida Ferrier badly.
His admiration for his prodigal father, however, had not diminished.
This refers to the revival of *Henri III and His Court*, a play premiered in 1829 at the Théâtre Français.
Pierre Mathieu Ligier appeared in numerous plays by Dumas, notably creating the title role in *Caligula* at the Théâtre Français in 1837. He was very close to Dumas.
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Rare letter from his youth
Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. Signed autograph letter written in Ligier. October 22, 1840. 1 p. in-8, address.
“You were kind enough to send me two tickets for *Henri III*… Would it be too forward of me to make a similar request today… for two box seats for Saturday, if that is the day my father’s play is being performed… They’ll be for my mother, who didn’t come to the premiere… Alex. Dumas Jr. 6 Rue de Courcelles. Pension Hénon.”
A beautiful letter in which one senses the love that the young Alexandre (aged 16) felt for his mother, Catherine Labay, with whom he stayed during his breaks from boarding school. In 1840, the teenager was all the closer to her because he had taken his father’s marriage to Ida Ferrier badly.
His admiration for his prodigal father, however, had not diminished.
This refers to the revival of *Henri III and His Court*, a play premiered in 1829 at the Théâtre Français.
Pierre Mathieu Ligier appeared in numerous plays by Dumas, notably creating the title role in *Caligula* at the Théâtre Français in 1837. He was very close to Dumas.
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