Jean & Jacques Richepin, 2 signed autograph letters, Comédie-Française, 1907

  

Jean & Jacques Richepin – Two signed handwritten letters, Comédie-Française, 1907.

A set of two signed handwritten letters: one by Jean Richepin, poet, novelist, playwright and member of the Académie française; the other by his son Jacques Richepin, playwright and future director of the Théâtre de la Renaissance.

Neither letter is precisely dated.

Jacques Richepin’s letter bears a partially legible postmark suggesting the year 1907. Both are written in black ink: one on wove paper with a deckled edge, signed “Jean Richepin” and bearing an address on Rue Galvani in Paris; the other on a letter card bearing a 10-centime Sower postage stamp, signed “Jacques Richepin”.

In the first letter, Jean Richepin sends a few handwritten lines requested by an unidentified correspondent. In the second, addressed to the actor Coquelin cadet, a full member of the Comédie-Française, Jacques Richepin recalls his comedy (1903) with a touch of nostalgia and expresses a wish to see it revived “at the Français”. No subsequent action on this request is documented.

Both items are preserved in their original blue mounting folder, which bears an old collection label (No.

Dimensions: 21.1 × 26.8 cm for the folder; 22.9 × 18.2 cm for Jean Richepin’s letter; 14.3 × 11.2 cm for Jacques Richepin’s letter.

Condition: Good overall condition, with mailing folds, slight corner wear, some foxing and ink stains. Please see the photographs for further details.

Number of pages: 4 pages.

Carefully packed for shipping in rigid, waterproof packaging.

Auguste-Jules Richepin, known as Jean Richepin, was a French poet, novelist and playwright. He was born on 4 February 1849 in Médéa and died on 12 December 1926 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Jacques Richepin was a French poet, playwright, songwriter and theatre director. He was born on 20 March 1880 in the 6th arrondissement of Paris and died on 1 September 1946 in Douarnenez.

Alexandre Honoré Ernest Coquelin was a French actor and writer, born on 15 May 1848 in Boulogne-sur-Mer and deceased on 8 February 1909 in Suresnes. He was known as Coquelin cadet to distinguish him from his brother Constant, known as Coquelin aîné.

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