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4 - René Benjamin, an aspiring writer: his formative years, 1894…
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René Benjamin, an aspiring writer: his formative years, 1894–1907 A collection of unpublished manuscripts and photographs, 1894–1907 FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE Collège Rollin and Lycée Henri IV School reports from Collège Rollin and Lycée Henri IV in Paris, 1899–1901 Admission tickets to the general entrance examinations, 1899–1903 Report cards from Rollin Middle School, 1896–1901, and Henri IV High School, 1901–1904 10 exercise books and notebooks for history, philosophy, literature and rhetoric Medal awarded for fifth runner-up in the 1900 general examination, Rollin Municipal Secondary School 3 letters (L.A.S.), 1900–1901, including two from his teachers Handwritten in-8 notebook on First Communion 6 photographic prints, years 7 to 9 (Rollin Secondary School), 1894–1901; upper sixth form classes, 1902–1905 (Henri IV Sixth Form College), approx. 25 x 33 cm Enrolment card, Faculty of Arts, University of Paris, 1903–1904 Writings by René Benjamin, schoolboy 3 small in-8 manuscripts, 118–87, 126 pp., 1896–1897, ‘Le Figaro’, a newspaper ‘published every Thursday and Sunday’, typeset, written and illustrated with ink drawings 9 manuscripts in-8, 1900–1901: satirical reviews targeting certain teachers and pupils: Guadalupe, Spanish teacher; ‘Le Vieux’ (known as Thomas); Ignace Kont, ‘Boche’ teacher; ‘Cuqu’ (known as Montalant), a sad fellow, distinguished pupil and relentless anti-Semite; Missi Meyer, the ‘German’ teacher; A class of Dadar (Edouard Marcourt), the rhetoric teacher; etc. Writings by René Benjamin, secondary school pupil and university student Poetry, *Moi*, a collection of versified ramblings, a small handwritten notebook in-8, 113 pp., 29 November 1902 – 30 June 1906, verse texts dedicated to members of his family and friends + another small notebook of dedicated poems, 1905–1906 Theatre: 4 handwritten notebooks in-8 and in-4, with René Benjamin’s comments on each play (programmes enclosed for some of the performances) staged and seen at the Comédie-Française between 1904 and 1907, pp. 63–124–131–274 *Moi*, Japout’s journal, issues No. I (December 1905–January 1906), II (15 February 1906) and III (May 1906), 3 manuscripts in-8, 45–63–75 pp., composed, written and illustrated by René Benjamin, intended for his family and friends (Maxime Jarry, Dago, Maurice Fourneret); 11 manuscripts of stories and short plays signed by Japout (René Benjamin), 1904–1907, and 13 programmes/invitations, handwritten and illustrated with drawings, performed within the family or amongst friends: A Buzzard and a Buzzard Make Two Bourgeois, 9 pp. – The Other God, one-act play, 10 pp. The Interview/Polichinellerie, 12 pp. The Oral, a one-act university drama, 4 pp. – Ah! Women, a two-act comedy in prose with a prologue in verse, 20 pp. The Exempt (scene from the conscription board), 4 pp. Vanilla Wafer, a one-act comedy in prose, 11 pp. 1 May! a social and family drama in prose in one act and three scenes, 20 pp. - *La revue des Folies-Augustines*, a grand-scale fairy-tale farce, Feb. 1906, 17 pp., in-8 – *Mouillette and Gringoche on a Journey*, Oct.–Nov. 1907, 78 pp., in-8 – *Un faux*, 9 pp., in-8 – *Hue et Cru*, a one-act farce by Japout and Dago, 7 pp., in-8, performed at the Riberettes’ on the evening of 2 March 1907 - *La trompette*, 12 pp., in-8, a matinee performance held at the Riberettes’ on 29 December 1907 6 photo cards depicting his friend Dago in make-up and various costumes, playing a part in various one-act plays, 1904–1906 Handwritten register, in-4, 382 pp., containing copies of the three issues of *Moi*, Japout’s magazine, as well as plays and short stories written by René Benjamin, including *La Revue des Folies-Augustines*, a grand-scale comic fairy-tale in three acts (February 1906); *Le 1er mai!* (1 May!), a social and family drama (May 1906); *Les caoutchoucs* (short story); *Silhouettes de vieilles filles, une adoption* (short story, 14 June 1906); and copies of letters written to his family and friends during 1906, written in a satirical and humorous style, describing in detail his activities and feelings (university, holiday trips, the health and activities of his loved ones, his theatre performances, etc.) Incoming correspondence, 1893–1907, over 75 letters written by her family (Berthe Hüe, her mother; Henri Hüe, her uncle; Ernest Hüe, her grandfather, an engraver; Jean Benjamin, his brother), and his school friends such as Jean Cazier-Charpentier and Émile Moussat A collection of over 100 photographic prints, in various formats, including numerous portraits of René Benjamin between 1902 and 1907, his mother Berthe Hüe, his grandfather Henri Hüe, his brother Jean Benjamin, holiday excursions, etc. FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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