{"product_id":"manuscrit-autographe-projet-de-de-piece-tiree-de-metier-damant","title":"Autograph manuscript, draft of a play adapted from Métier d'amant","description":"\u003cp\u003eTOULET, Paul-Jean. Autograph manuscript for a draft of a play adapted from Métier d'amant.\u003cbr\u003e\nN.p., n.pub., n.d. [1900].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo (240 x 190 mm). (21) ff.\u003cbr\u003e\nRed half-cloth boards à la Bradel, smooth spine, author and title in gilt (attributable to Semet \u0026 Plumelle).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unpublished autograph manuscript of an unfinished draft for a play based on the novel Métier d'amant, co-written by Toulet and Curnonsky and published under the pseudonym Perdiccas (Simonis Empis, 1900).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen loose fair-copy leaves, in another hand, have been added.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript comprises notes on the unfolding of Act I in 12 scenes, as well as fragments of dialogue and monologues.\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom the Jean de Buzelet collection, the manuscript is described as no. 58 in the catalogue of the Paul-Jean Toulet exhibition held at the Bibliothèque Nationale in 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConvinced that « Il n'y a que deux routes qui mènent le poète à la gloire, le théâtre et la politique », Toulet tried his hand at dramatic writing several times: a comedy and an occasional piece in verse of his own composition were performed at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Algiers, then a plan to translate As You Like It for a musical setting by Debussy came to nothing. His play Le Souper Interrompu, published posthumously in 1922, was performed for the first time at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo on 4 December 1928.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fine copy in its half-cloth boards à la Bradel, probably Semet \u0026 Plumelle, since Jean de Buzelet (1904–1972) entrusted many of his books to them.\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom the library of Jean de Buzelet; lot no. 22 in the sale of 27 May 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295766188357,"sku":"0841","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/1-IMG_9036.jpg?v=1781647008","url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/products\/manuscrit-autographe-projet-de-de-piece-tiree-de-metier-damant","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}