Sacha GUITRY happy with the success of his play “Pasteur” in 1919.

Sacha GUITRY (1885.1957)

Autograph letter signed to the poet and playwright André Rivoire.

One page ¼ in-8° on blue paper.

Slnd [late January or early February 1919]

“Yesterday, in the hall the spectators shouted “Long live Pasteur” at the end of the performance. »

Guitry, happy to see that his play Pasteur appeals to the public and Rivoire himself.

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“Thank you my dear Rivoire for your article. I am delighted that you liked my piece. I am sensitive to the nice things you say about “Pasteur” and since you were kind enough to hope that the public would be interested in it, I am happy to be able to tell you that, yesterday, in the room the spectators shouted “Long live Pastor” at the end of the performance. Find here the tribute of my most cordial feelings. Sacha Guitry. »

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

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