Books with title Cyrano De Bergerac

Excerpt from Cyrano De Bergerac: A Heroic ComedyThis is the version accepted and played by Mr. Richard Mansfield, Opening at the Garden Theatre, New York, October 3, 1898.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Cyrano de Bergerac is the highlight of this famous romantic play. He is a poet, prince, soldier and duelist during the reign of Louis XIII and Richelieu. The drama was shown in 1640 at a Parisian theater, where a presentation is about to be made by a cast of the King’s players. Cyrano has barred one of the players to perform. He sends him from the stage and enchants the people as well as his cousin Roxanne, whom he loves, by contesting with an upper-class young beau who begrudges the disruption of the act and incites a fight by ridiculing Cyrano’s enormous nose. Cyrano fights with his pointed sword, extemporizing an excellent musical on his nose and striking every shove at his adversary with a rhyme. Cyrano desolates of winning the love of Roxanne because of his unsightly appearance, but still aspires that she might love him for his heroism when she sees him after the fight. In his energy, he fights with a hundred men, who were about to assault his friend. Then Cyrano meets Roxanne at the shop of the melodic pastry cook, who sells tarts for poetry, and is lessened to the loathsome need of cooking patties in a verse to Phyllis. Roxanne admits that she loves Christian, a foolish gorgeous young man who is about to be a member of Cyrano’s circle, the Gascon Cadets. Cyrano conceals his broken heart, swears to protect Christian, and in that instance, gives himself up to the lovers. Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand was a French poet and tragedian. He is connected with neo-romanticism and is very well known for his act Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic dramas diverged with the naturalistic playhouse famous in the later years of the 19th century. Rostand’s other work, Les Romanesques, was made into a musical comedy adaptation, The Fantasticks.

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 most popular modern French play. This story will still be told for generations on the stage and in film it will remain one of the most cherished plays.