LA MÈRE COTTIVET (1891-1971). "The most famous woman in Lyon - Lot 199

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LA MÈRE COTTIVET (1891-1971). "The most famous woman in Lyon - Lot 199
LA MÈRE COTTIVET (1891-1971). "The most famous woman in Lyon, who was nevertheless a man. Son of a Lyon pork butcher, Elie Périgot-Fouquier created a picturesque character when he reached his thirties. This chatty and humorous, often caustic, character will shine in Lyon for half a century by her comicality and her Lyonnais language; she will be called La Mère Cottivet. He (she) directed the cabaret of the Merle Jaune before being at the head of La Cigale, currently still in place on avenue de Saxe. Organizer of tours, he is also regularly heard on the radio and will appear in the first television programs in 1956. An excellent columnist, skilled in handling Lyon's humor, Péricot-Fouquier collaborated for years with the Guignol newspaper, adding to his talent as a humorist, that of a journalist. He was decorated with the medal of honor of the city of Lyon. UNIQUE SET OF A HUNDRED OF DOCUMENTS AND 3 CARDBOARD CASES, the whole having been used for the Exhibition of 1989 in the town hall of the Croix-Rousse. It consists of : - His photo album representing all his long career as well as that of his wife the whimsical Juliette Niel. - His famous suitcases (3) with his funny accessories, his stage outfits and all the necessary make-up. - His manuscripts, notebooks, drawings and tracings (music scores, plays, articles for newspapers, sketches for television and radio). - A magnetic tape. - His printed pieces. - His newspaper articles (more than 500). - Articles about him. - Documents on the radio in Lyon before the war as well as on the arrival of television in Lyon in 1956 with Max Nicolas, Jean-Jacques Lerrant, René Fonteret. (Fifty years of Lyon news). - Many documents and personal objects. - The posters of his shows and invitations. About fifty manuscripts and typescripts (pieces for Guignol) by Jean Guillard, a well-known Lyonnais, collaborator from 1946 to 1972, of the former director of the theater of Guignol. He played the role of Gnafron and Guignol for about ten years. His writings have remained unpublished.
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