Cyrano de Bergerac

edmond rostand lowell bair eteel lawson

This is Edmond Rostand's immortal play in which chivalry and wit, bravery and love are forever captured in the timeless spirit of romance. Set in Louis XIII's reign, it is the moving and exciting drama of one of the finest swordsmen in France, gallant soldier, brilliant wit, tragic poet-lover with the face of a clown. Rostand's extraordinary lyric powers gave birth to a universal hero--Cyrano De Bergerac--and ensured his own reputation as author of one of the best-loved plays in the literature of the stage.

This translation, by the American poet Brian Hooker, is nearly as famous as the original play itself, and is generally considered to be one of the finest English verse translations ever written.

Genres classicsplaysfictiondramafranceromancetheatreschoolhistorical fictionliterature

240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1,1897

Places

france, arras, paris,

This edition

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: August 5, 2003 by Signet Classics
ISBN: 9780451528926
ASIN: 0451528921
Language: English

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About the author

edmond rostand

People know light, entertaining works, particularly Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), of French playwright Edmond Rostand.

Neo-romanticism associates poet and dramatist Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand. His romantic plays provided an alternative to the popular naturalistic theatre during the late 19th century. People adapted "Les Romanesques" as the highly successful musical comedy "The Fantasticks."

The Académie Française elected this youngest writer.

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