In the production that the Cercle d'Elan gave on Sunday at the Bouffes-Parisienes, a small role in M. de Cambourg's play, Les Nuls, was performed in skillful and charming fashion on her debut by Mlle de Normand [sic] who is already an assured comedienne.
Le Gaulois, 16 June 1903.
In a letter from Proust to Constantin de Brancovan, Monday 15 June 1903:
My little and too amiable Constantin
It would be very kind if Le Gaulois could say about the performance Sunday yesterday at the Bouffes by the Cercle d'Elan:
"In the production that the Cercle d'Elan gave yesterday at the Bouffes a small role in M. de Cambourg's play Les Nuls, was performed in skillful and charming fashion on her debut by Mlle de Mornand who is already an assured comedienne."
Your ever grateful
Marcel Proust.
Correspondance de Marcel Proust III