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Regarded as one of the greatest dramas ever written, Cyrano de Bergerac is the story of the silver-tongued soldier whose unfortunate looks drive him to woo his love by speaking for his handsome but dull-witted rival. Cyrano de Bergerac occupies a unique place in the modern theater... Read Full Overview

The inspiration for the musical film adaptation starring Peter Dinklage and directed by Joe Wright

This acclaimed adaptation for the stage has garnered such reviews as: "Emotional depth Rostand himself would surely have envied...Burgess' extravagant verse keeps its contours, yet trips off the tongue almost as though it were contemporary speech." -London Times. Performance... Read Full Overview

With energetically witty English verse throughout, Anthony Burgess' translation of this well-loved 19th-century French classic about the swordsman-poet with the nose too large to be taken seriously was first acclaimed in the 1985 Royal Shakespeare Company production starring... Read Full Overview

Cyrano de Bergerac est la plus c?l?bre pi?ce de th?'tre d'Edmond Rostand, ?crite et jou?e pour la premi?re fois ? Paris en 1897 avec un triomphe sans pareil.La profondeur du personnage de Cyrano, contraint entre courage et timidit?, amour et souffrance, id?alisme et g?n?rosit?... Read Full Overview

First published at the end of the XIX century, Cyrano de Bergerac became immediately a literary and theatrical sensation, winning the Legion d'Honneur for its author and immortality for the main character.The play remains one of the most performed to this day and Cyrano one of... Read Full Overview

Cyrano de Bergerac is the classic play of an unattractive and quick-tempered swordsman, falling madly in love with a beautiful woman. A hopeless situation he woos her for an handsome but slow-witted suitor. Witty dialogue brings this story to life and is widely considered the... Read Full Overview

Cyrano, the gallant soldier and brilliant wit, also is a timid lover, and, because of his nose, woos his love by proxy of a more handsome man.

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One of the most beloved heroes of the stage, Cyrano de Bergerac is a magnificent wit who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman can ever love him because of his enormous nose. He adores the beautiful Roxanne but, lacking courage, decides instead to help the tongue-tied... Read Full Overview

Tonight When I make my sweeping bow at heaven's gate, One thing I shall still possess, at any rate, Unscathed, something outlasting mortal flesh, And that is ... My panache.'

Based on the real life of the seventeenth century French dramatist of the same name, "Cyrano de Bergerac" is Edmond Rostand's classic romantic play. Cyrano, a cadet in the French Army, is a talented duelist, poet, and musician, however, he has extreme self-doubt in matters... Read Full Overview

Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist. He is now best remembered for the works of fiction which have been woven, often very loosely, around his life story, most notably the 1897 play by Edmond Rostand. In these fictional works he is featured... Read Full Overview

Cyrano de Bergerac - Edmond Rostand . A translation into English by A. S. Kline . Rostand's Cyrano is a fiction invoking the real Cyrano de Bergerac, a seventeenth century French playwright, poet, and duellist, who was an early creator of science-fiction fantasy, in particular... Read Full Overview