Jean Cocteau | Typescript screenplays and related correspondence

Jean Cocteau

'Ce Siècle a Cinquante Ans', autograph manuscript screenplay of a sequence from the film entitled "Les Territoires de l'espirit" including notes on famous cultural figures including Picasso, Sartre, Einstein, and others, 15 pages, [c.1949]

'Le Testament d'Orphée', two carbon copy typescripts, both with autograph corrections in blue ink, 25 pages and 28 pages; with photocopy of draft manuscript

14 autograph letters signed ("Jean"), to Denise Tual, relating to collaborations including on 'Le Testament d'Orphée', 17 pages, 4to and 8vo, March 1952 to May 1958; with a typescript contract for her work on 'Le Testament d'Orphée', 5 pages, signed by Cocteau, 1958

[with:] Two copy illustrations by Cocteau, both annotated by Cocteau on the reverse, and related material

Igor Stravinsky. Two typed letters signed, to Denise Tual, including complaints about his treatment in the press ("...la presse que j'ai recue, dans l'ensamble et sauf de rares exceptions, est nettement hostile, incompetente, et provinciale..."), 2 pages, 4to, Hollywood, 14 July 1952- 9 July 1953, with two related letters

Igor Stravinsky. Oedipus Rex. printed score, signed by the composer

Rehearsal schedule for a production of 'Oedipus Rex'

Denise Tual (1906-2000) was a film editor, director, and sound technician. She was the daughter of the publisher Henri Piassa. Her first husband was the actor Pierre Batcheff (1901-1932), who appeared in the Surrealist classic Un Chien Andalou (1929). Her second husband was the film producer Roland Tual. She was one of the directors of the documentary Ce Siècle a Cinquante Ans, a cultural review of the first half of the 20th century narrated by Jean Cocteau and others.