[Rarebooks] FS: Fine Framed SIGNED Letter by T. S. Eliot on French Translations of His Plays

[Charles Agvent]

ELIOT, T. S. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). London, 22 December 1953. 
One-page letter on both sides of Faber & Faber stationery SIGNED by the 
poet. Addressed to Anne Munro-Kerr of London's League of Dramatists. In 
part: "I am not quite clear, I am afraid, as to how we have been dealing 
with productions of my plays in the French translation, outside of 
France itself--that is to say, in Brussels and Geneva.... I excepted 
France in my arrangements with you for the reason that Monsieur Henri 
Fluchere, the translator, who had taken the whole initiative in getting 
the successful production of MEURTRE DANS LA CATHEDRALE in 1945, likes 
to deal with these matters himself, as he has theatrical connections and 
also considerable financial interest in the success of my plays in his 
translation, he has seemed wholly competent to do so.... He would like, 
however, to make his responsibility inclusive--that is to say, have the 
four plays that he has translated whenever they are produced in French 
... and I am prepared to sign an agreement to that effect. This will 
not, of course, have any retroactive value for any of the productions 
previously in Brussels or Geneva that have been arraigned by 
yourselves." The letter is 6-1/2" x 7-1/2" and is double-matted with a 
portrait and framed to an overall size of 18-1/2" x 14-1/2". Central 
vertical and horizontal folds with staple holes to one upper corner. Fine.
Fluchere was a prominent literary critic and translator, best known for 
his studies of Shakespeare, who served as Eliot's primary French 
translator. In addition to his plays, Fluchere translated several of 
Eliot's poems and critical essays; the collaboration was mutually 
beneficial, with Eliot contributing the foreword to the English version 
of Fluchere's 1956 scholarly work SHAKESPEARE AND THE ELIZABETHIANS. 
This letter, in particular, refers to the translation of MURDER IN THE 
CATHEDRAL, which was first performed in 1935. A fabulous letter 
revealing the worldwide appeal of Eliot's acclaimed literary work. 
(#017857)        $1,750

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