COQUELIN (Constant-Benoît, 1841-1909, French actor, 'Coquelin ainé')

Autograph Letter Signed in French with translation, to G.J. Maquay at Cliveden, forwarded to 'The Hut' at Bray (country retreat of the musical society host L. Frank Schuster, 1852-1927), asking when they can talk "about the programme to be given at Mrs. Astor's on the 6th and 8th July", Savoy Hotel, postmarked 20th June

Coquelin 'ainé' (elder brother) was outstanding in the great comic roles of Molière and in romantic and flamboyant modern parts, and played the first 'Cyrano de Bergerac'.

Item Date:  1904

Stock No:  19978      £65

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