Sacha Guitry happy with the success of his play "Pasteur" in 1919.

Sacha Guitry (1885.1957)

Autographed letter signed to the poet and playwright André Rivoire.

One 1/4 page octavo on blue paper.

Slnd [late January or early February 1919]

at the end of the performance, the audience in the theater shouted 'Long live Pasteur!

Guitry was pleased to see that his play Pasteur was winning over the public and Rivoire himself.

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“Thank you, my dear Rivoire, for your article. I am delighted that you enjoyed my play. I appreciate the kind words you said about Pasteur, and since you were kind enough to express your hope that the public would take an interest in it, I am happy to tell you that yesterday, at the end of the performance, the audience shouted ‘Long live Pasteur!’ Please accept my warmest regards. Sacha Guitry.”

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The play Pasteur was written for his father Lucien and premiered by the latter on January 23, 1919 at the Vaudeville Theatre.

In 1935, Guitry adapted his play for the cinema as a tribute to his father (who had died ten years earlier) and out of a cult of national greatness, here embodied by the illustrious scientist.