âtre-Libre, MM. Gémier, Lugné-Poe, and Mme. Eugénie Nau, who acted at the Théâtre-Libre, MM. Copeau and Dullin, twin Antoines of to-day, and MM. Benjamin, Dubech, Gsell, and Héârold, critics and men of letters. And here I have the pleasant duty of thanking my old friend, M. Henri Lemaître, for his unerring guidance to fields of fruitful research, my new friend, M. Édouard Champion, whose Open Sesame unbarred the gates to the precious archives of Antoine, and my wife, Frances Sheafer Waxman, who has acted as my helpful amanu- ensis, critic, and proof-reader. As for my debt to Antoine himself -- well, I have written this book about him. S. M. W. CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS December 1, 1925 -viii- |