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Description of interior of house in the Rue Fortunee "La Maratre" Projected plays "Le Faiseur" Balzac seeks admission for the last time to the Academie Francaise He returns to Wierzchownia Failing health Letters to his family Family relations are strained.
On August 23rd, 1851, however, as we have already seen, "Mercadet le Faiseur," with certain modifications made by M. Dennery, and also with omissions for the play as Balzac originally wrote it was too long for the theatre was received with tremendous acclamations at the Gymnase; and on October 22nd, 1868, it was acted at the Comedie Francaise, and again in 1879 and in 1890.
Even in his terrible state of health in 1849, and in spite of his disappointment at the non-appearance of "Le Faiseur," he was in buoyant spirits, and informed his sister in one of his letters, that he was sending a comedy, "Le Roi des Mendiants," to Laurent-Jan, as soon as he could manage to transport it to St. Petersburg.
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