num_pages: 240
description: 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.
language: English
title: Cyrano de Bergerac
titlecomplete: Cyrano de Bergerac
characters: Ragueneau, Christian de Neuvillette, Cyrano de Bergerac, Le Bret, Roxane, Count de Guiche
genres: Theatre, Historical Fiction, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 82879
places: Paris, Arras, France
publisher: Bantam Classics