Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the greatest dramas ever written, this story of the silver-tongued soldier whose unfortunate looks drive him to woo his love by speaking for his handsome but dull-witted rival is beloved around the world. Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist from the seventeenth century. In fictional works about his life he is featured with an overly large nose, which people would travel from miles around to see. This work is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) was a French poet ...
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Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the greatest dramas ever written, this story of the silver-tongued soldier whose unfortunate looks drive him to woo his love by speaking for his handsome but dull-witted rival is beloved around the world. Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist from the seventeenth century. In fictional works about his life he is featured with an overly large nose, which people would travel from miles around to see. This work is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) was a French poet and dramatist. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play is a fictionalization of his life that follows the broad outlines of it in five acts. The entire play is written in verse, in rhyming couplets of 12 syllables per line, very close to the Alexandrine format, but the verses sometimes lack a caesura. It is also meticulously researched, down to the names of the members of the Acad�mie fran�aise and the dames pr�cieuses glimpsed before the performance in the first scene. The play has been translated and performed many times, and is responsible for introducing the word "panache" into the English language. Cyrano is in fact famed for his panache, and the play ends with him saying "My panache." just before his death. Cyrano de Bergerac is a novel highly recommended
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Wonderfully written, when character counted. A charming, romantic, and adventurous play. It's easy to see why it's had such a long life.
fitz
Apr 24, 2007
cyrano de bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac is a dramatic comedy set in 17th century France. The colorful play features Cyrano, an ugly poet in love with his beautiful cousin, Roxanne. Afraid to aspire to her hand, he finds an outlet for his passion in scripting the romance of her unimaginative, but handsome beau, with hilarious and poignant results. Filled with swashbuckling adventure, romance, and captivating poetry, Cyrano de Bergerac is a delightful and thought provoking classic.
