COMIQUE - Paul PAULEY(1886-1938, actor, created the role of Castel-Bénac in Marcel Pagnol's play "Topaze") / Autograph letter signed, 4 p in-4, letterhead with his initials and address, May 24, 1931: Responds to a journalist's inquiry on the subject of comic effect in the theater; Interesting considerations in which he talks about "Topaze", Sacha Guitry, and also about the vision of his personal comic effect; "In "Topaze", when the audience laughs, it takes its revenge" - "In modern theater, only Sacha Guitry can play a scene, or even an act, all by himself, and this monologue doesn't give the impression of being long"; "My physique contributes to creating an atmosphere of gaiety, it's certain that my entrance on stage makes people laugh - my corpulence is the reason".

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