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	{{centre\|Dear Monsieur Guitry!}}		{{centre\|Dear Monsieur Guitry!}}
	I must thank you once again for the very keen enjoyment which you caused me to experience the day before yesterday. My admiration, my sympathy for your beautiful talent are now more vivid and intense than ever before. I have thought a lot about you these last two days, and I shall take the liberty of telling you what is the outcome of my deliberations regarding your future as an artist. ''It is necessary that at your next benefit performance you should appear in a Shakespearian role'' — that of ''Romeo'', or ''Hamlet''. It is necessary, because the current ~~repertory~~ does not offer sufficient scope for you to ''deploy all'' the resources of your talent, which is as original and appealing as it is earnest and grave. It is only once you have played ''[[Shakespeare]]'' that your talent will be appreciated at its true value.		I must thank you once again for the very keen enjoyment which you caused me to experience the day before yesterday. My admiration, my sympathy for your beautiful talent are now more vivid and intense than ever before. I have thought a lot about you these last two days, and I shall take the liberty of telling you what is the outcome of my deliberations regarding your future as an artist. ''It is necessary that at your next benefit performance you should appear in a Shakespearian role'' — that of ''Romeo'', or ''Hamlet''. It is necessary, because the current repertoire does not offer sufficient scope for you to ''deploy all'' the resources of your talent, which is as original and appealing as it is earnest and grave. It is only once you have played ''[[Shakespeare]]'' that your talent will be appreciated at its true value.

	However, it is not solely to give you advice (a right which I arrogate to myself arbitrarily) that I am writing to you. It is in order to promise you formally that for your next benefit performance, in the event that you should play ''Hamlet'' or ''Romeo'', I shall write an overture and entr'actes specially tailored to the resources of the orchestra at the ''Mikhaylovsky Theatre''. It will be a great pleasure for me, and I shall be proud to participate a little in your triumph.		However, it is not solely to give you advice (a right which I arrogate to myself arbitrarily) that I am writing to you. It is in order to promise you formally that for your next benefit performance, in the event that you should play ''Hamlet'' or ''Romeo'', I shall write an overture and entr'actes specially tailored to the resources of the orchestra at the ''Mikhaylovsky Theatre''. It will be a great pleasure for me, and I shall be proud to participate a little in your triumph.
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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
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	<ref name="note1">The autograph was auctioned in November 1974 in [[Paris]]. See ''Autographes et documents historiques dont la vente aux enchères publiques aura lieu Hotel Drouot salle no. 10, le jeudi 21 novembre 1974, à 14 heures 30, item no. 94'' (Paris, 1974).</ref>		<ref name="note1">The autograph was auctioned in November 1974 in [[Paris]]. See ''Autographes et documents historiques dont la vente aux enchères publiques aura lieu Hotel Drouot salle no. 10, le jeudi 21 novembre 1974, à 14 heures 30, item no. 94'' (Paris, 1974).</ref>
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{{letterhead
|Date=1/13 April 1885
|To=[[Lucien Guitry]]
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]
|Language=French
|Autograph={{locunknown}} <ref name="note1"/>
|Publication=Jacques Lorcey, {{und|Sacha Guitry, l'homme et l'oeuvre}} (Paris, 1982), p. 19 (abridged)<br/>Jacques Lorcey, {{und|Sacha Guitry. Cent ans de théâtre et d'esprit}} (Paris, 1985), p.144/146 (complete facsimile)<br/>{{bib|2011/13|Tchaikovsky Research Bulletin No. 1}} (February 2011), p. 40 (with English translation)<br/>{{bibx|2013/36|Чайковский. Новые материалы к творческой биографии}} (2013), p. 338-339 (with Russian translation, p. 339-340)
|Notes=
}}

==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=French
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{right|1/13 Avril 1885}}
{{centre|Cher Monsieur Guitry!}}
Je tiens à V[ou]s remercier encore une fois pour la très vive jouissance que V[ou]s m'avez fait éprouver avant hier. Mon admiration, ma sympathie pour Votre beau talent sont maintenant plus vifs, plus intenses que jamais. J'ai beaucoup pensé à V[ou]s ces deux {{sic|dernièrs|derniers}} jours et me permette de V[ou]s communiquer le résultat de mes considérations sur Votre avenir artistique. ''Il faut que vous paraissiez à Votre prochain {{sic|bénefice|bénéfice}} dans un {{sic|role|rôle}} de Shakespeare'', celui de ''Roméo'' ou de ''Hamlet''. Il le faut, parce que le {{sic|repertoire|répertoire}} {{sic|courrant|courant}} ne suffit pas pour que V[ou]s puissiez ''déployer toutes'' les ressources de Votre talent aussi original, aussi {{sic|simpathique|sympathique}} que sérieux et grave. Ce n'est que quand V[ou]s aurez joué ''Shakespeare'' qu'on en appréciera la juste valeur.

Mais ce n'est pas seulement pour V[ou]s donner des conseils (un droit que je m'arroge arbitrairement) que je V[ou]s écris. C'est pour V[ou]s promettre formellement de faire pour Votre prochain {{sic|bénefice|bénéfice}}, dans le cas que V[ou]s jouerez ''Hamlet'' ou ''Roméo'', une ouverture et des entractes spécialement adaptés aux ressources de l'orchestre du ''{{sic|Théatre|Théâtre}} Michel''. Ce sera pour moi un grand plaisir et je serai fier de participer un peu à Votre triomphe.

Je V[ou]s serre bien cordialement la main et V[ou]s prie de transmettre mes salutations respectueuses à M[ada]me Guitry.
{{right|P. Tschaïkovsky}}

|Translated text={{right|1/13 April 1885}}
{{centre|Dear Monsieur Guitry!}}
I must thank you once again for the very keen enjoyment which you caused me to experience the day before yesterday. My admiration, my sympathy for your beautiful talent are now more vivid and intense than ever before. I have thought a lot about you these last two days, and I shall take the liberty of telling you what is the outcome of my deliberations regarding your future as an artist. ''It is necessary that at your next benefit performance you should appear in a Shakespearian role'' — that of ''Romeo'', or ''Hamlet''. It is necessary, because the current repertory does not offer sufficient scope for you to ''deploy all'' the resources of your talent, which is as original and appealing as it is earnest and grave. It is only once you have played ''[[Shakespeare]]'' that your talent will be appreciated at its true value.

However, it is not solely to give you advice (a right which I arrogate to myself arbitrarily) that I am writing to you. It is in order to promise you formally that for your next benefit performance, in the event that you should play ''Hamlet'' or ''Romeo'', I shall write an overture and entr'actes specially tailored to the resources of the orchestra at the ''Mikhaylovsky Theatre''. It will be a great pleasure for me, and I shall be proud to participate a little in your triumph.

I shake your hand most cordially and ask you to convey my respectful greetings to Madame Guitry.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">The autograph was auctioned in November 1974 in [[Paris]]. See ''Autographes et documents historiques dont la vente aux enchères publiques aura lieu Hotel Drouot salle no. 10, le jeudi 21 novembre 1974, à 14 heures 30, item no. 94'' (Paris, 1974).</ref>
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