GRACQ Julien. - Lot 196

GRACQ Julien. 8 AUTOGRAPH CARTES-LETTRES SIGNED to Philippe LECONTE. Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, Paris, 1982-1990. Correspondence relating to the play Le Roi Pêcheur and its touring performances in Germany proposed by Philippe Leconte, an admirer of Gracq's work. I didn't think I was so intimidating... How can a reader be insensitive to a contact as extensive and as vivid as the one you suggest? I hope you will overcome these inhibitions and that one day we can have a freer conversation, for it is not easy, as you understand, to respond with anything other than a word of genuine sympathy to a letter as intimidating (in turn) as yours. Nor, I fear, will it be easy for me to live up to what you seem to expect of me. ... I have in fact signed a contract with the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon for 32 performances of Le Roi Pêcheur... As I told you in the past, I didn't want any performances in Paris, so this arrangement seemed acceptable to me. For the rest, my arrangements have not changed, and I will consider your projects, if any, but only if they take place after 1991. ... I'm very surprised by this request for creative support. I'm not asking for or expecting any subsidy... I am always willing, depending on the circumstances, to consider favorably your project for a tour of Le Roi Pêcheur in Germany (although the undertaking, as I told you, seems risky) ...