Stage & Screen
COQUELIN
(Constant, 1841-1909, French Actor-Manager of the Porte-Saint-Martin for which he played his most famous role as Rostand's 'Cyrano de Bergerac')
Autograph Letter Signed in French with translation, to G.T. Maquay at Cliveden,
forwarded to 'The Hut' at Bray (country retreat of the musical society host L. Frank Schuster, 1852-1927), asking when they can talk about the programme to be given at Mrs. Astor's on the 6th and 8th July, Savoy Hotel, postmarked 20th June
Item Date: 1904
Background
Coquelin 'ainé' (elder brother) was outstanding in the great comic roles of Molière and in romantic and flamboyant modern parts, and played the first 'Cyrano de Bergerac'.
Stock No. 19978