ALS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, November 2, 1965. Untranslated letter to Georges Breitbard, writing about a plan to print some of his plays in the Soviet Union, and warning that his play, 'The Respectful Prostitute,' was modified for the stage in the Soviet Union and that any publication must be of the original work and not of that adaptation. In fine condition, with trivial loss to the upper right corner. Accompanied by the original hand-addressed mailing envelope.
La Putain respectueuse, or The Respectful Prostitute, premiered at the Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau in Paris in November 1946. Believed to have been based on the infamous Scottsboro case, the play focuses on a female prostitute who was sexually assaulted on a train during a racially tense period of American history. The play tackles the loss of individual freedom, a subject that dominated Sartre's literary career, as well as the role racial segregation and scapegoating; when the play was produced in the United States, Sartre was accused of anti-Americanism.
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