{"product_id":"25732-camus-albert-vinci-jean-les-esprits-inscribed-presentation-copy-to-the-creator-of-one-of-the-play-s-roles-and-typed-letter-signed","title":"Camus, Albert. (1913–1960) [Vinci, Jean. (1921-2010)] \"Les Esprits\" - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY TO THE CREATOR OF ONE OF THE PLAY'S ROLES AND TYPED LETTER SIGNED","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of the French version translated and adapted by Albert Camus, a numbered copy (3223) on alfa paper, inscribed and signed to half-title signed by Camus to the creator of one of the roles, \"à Jean Vinci avec les remerciements et la fidèle pensée d'Albert Camus\" [\"to Jean Vinci, with the thanks and faithful thoughts of Albert Camus\"). 1 volume\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e, small 8vo (105 x 165 mm). 171 p. + [8]. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWith preface by Camus. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHalf green leather, two raised bands. Very fine. TOGETHER WITH (laid in): Typed Letter Signed. 1 p. Paris, 15 November, 1957. A warm letter, thanking Vinci for his congratulations on his recently awarded Nobel Prize (translated, \"I was extremely touched by your expression of sympathy, and I just wish to thank you from my full heart, and assure of you my most grateful sympathies\"). An important copy in an elegant binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis version of the play was first performed at the \u003cem\u003eFestival d'Art dramatique d'Angers\u003c\/em\u003e, 16 June, 1953, with Jean Vinci creating the role of Fortuné. His name appears on the printed cast list in the present volume.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamus focused on translating or adapting the works of others in his last decade and the first of these was \u003cem\u003eLes Esprits\u003c\/em\u003e, which “provides an immediate link with Camus’ Algerian apprenticeship. Pierre De Larivey’s \u003cem\u003eLes Esprits\u003c\/em\u003e was first adapted by Camus in 1940 with the Équipe in mind. It was first performed by a student company in Algiers in 1946, but the version produced for the Angers Festival in 1953 was completely revised. Larivey’s play, dating from the 1570s… [is] transitional between the Italian commedia erudita and French classical comedy… Camus shortened the play from five to three acts, eliminated three characters (Elisabeth, Pasquette and Désiré), cut much of the dialogue and modernized the rest… It afforded him the technical challenge of simulating the commedia dell’arte” (Freeman, Theatre of Albert Camus, 121-23). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBorn in Algeria, Camus was a member of the French Resistance during World War II, a journalist, and author of such classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Sisyphus\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“Associated with the philosophy of existentialism, Camus was concerned with the basic ‘absurdity’ of life and the dilemma of the individual who must establish an identity for himself and find a meaning for his life in a world in which he is essentially alone. His plays are dramatizations of this dilemma” (Hochman, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, 447). He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957 at the age of 44, making him the second-youngest recipient in history. His output and cultural legacy are all the more remarkable for his tragic early death at 46.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJean Vinci was a French actor known for his long career in French cinema and television spanning from the late 1940s to the 1980s. Some of his many film credits include Shadow of the Guillotine (1956), Un soir chez Norris (1971) and Don Juan (1955).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62750892294303,"sku":"25732","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Lesesprits25732f_fa06ca3e-ca10-4959-830b-ab85a08a1843.jpg?v=1775757347","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/25732-camus-albert-vinci-jean-les-esprits-inscribed-presentation-copy-to-the-creator-of-one-of-the-play-s-roles-and-typed-letter-signed","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}