Victor Hugo – Signed Autograph Letter

Autograph letter signed to the director of the French theater, Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle. Without place or date. This Wednesday 4 a.m. [Paris, 1836]; 3 pages in-8°. Name of correspondent on fourth page. Small 5ml ink corrosion hole without loss of word Letter about the revival of Angelo, whose interruption of performances was criticized by Victor Hugo: “You promised me, my dear director, three performances this week and I I had the right to it. I see that I have to resign myself to only having two. You must believe that I have a lot of misfortune and that our lord Don Juan of Austria has a lot of happiness. It seems to me that Angelo could well have been allowed to resume and continue peacefully, he had waited quite patiently all winter. Success is visible, but you know as I do that all success can be killed by interruptions like this. However, I do not believe that the Comédie Française would have any interest in keeping me away from producing other plays altogether. I therefore recommend to you my interests which are also those of the theater. You know that nothing is lost with me and that when the day comes I will find a faithful memory of both good and bad offices. Now, I attach extreme importance to the fact that Angelo's representations, stopped for so long, continue with the continuation they should have. Your friend Victor Hugo. I still have the same complaint as last time about today's poster. See. » The five-act comedy Don Juan of Austria by Casimir Delavigne was created at the Théâtre Français in October 1835.