| (.....) The actors who have to work with Baty have just joined him. It is the second time that they have returned to the Center of Aix-en-Provence. Let us hope for them that they will remain in the fatherland of Roy René whose city officials voted for the creation of the Center and the granting of an annual subsidy of twelve million. (....)
Dear city of Aix, (....) With what pleasure I walked through old streets and its countryside! (....) We met Joseph d'Arbaud and Marcel Provence, Emile Sicard at the Lenfan pavilion and Joachim Gasquet, a little further on, in Eguilles where Jacques Daviel performed his first miracle. A prince of the spirit, Edouard Aude directed the Méjanes and watched over the fabulous treasure of written intelligence. At that time, the chartists were taking care of the books. That was enough for them! And there were Valère Bernanrd, Girieud the painter, Déodat de Séverac and Rohozinski the musicians. And so many dear shadows today erased, witnesses of the most beautiful era: that of our youth. (.....) |