218 - HENNIQUE (Léon).

HENNIQUE (Léon). Queens of Kings. [Autograph manuscript.] n.p., [1909]. In-8, folio, [1]–60 [+1 small unnumbered folio], 45, 33, 32 [+1 bis], 14, 10 pp. [for a total of 197 pp.], written on the recto, in a red half-shagreen folder with ribbed spine, gilt title, and slipcase. Complete manuscript of this historical drama in 5 acts and 6 scenes, premiered by André Antoine at the Odéon on November 17, 1909, under the title “Jarnac.” The play was published by *L’Illustration* in 1909 and later by Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue in 1916. Manuscript of [197] pp., fair-copied with numerous strikings-through and corrections. Each act is in a separate folder (the last one is completely torn). It is signed “L. Hennique and J. Gravier.” Includes a handwritten note from Léon Hennique to a colleague and friend, attached to his “little play, revised and corrected according to [his] sound and indisputable advice.”