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   Is 'Cyrano de Bergerac' based on a true story?

   • A new version of Cyrano de Bergerac arrives in UK cinemas this weekend – with Peter Dinklage leading the cast for a musical update of the classic French play. The new film, titled simply Cyrano, is based on Erica Schmidt's 2018 stage musical, itself adapted from Edmond's Rostand 1897 work.

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   Is Cyrano based on a true story?

   • The new film, titled simply Cyrano, is based on Erica Schmidt's 2018 stage musical, itself adapted from Edmond's Rostand 1897 work. But that original play is also loosely based on something else – the real-life story of Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac, a novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duellist who lived in 17th century France.

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   What is the movie Cyrano about?

   • Directed by Joe Wright, ‘Cyrano’ is a musical romantic period drama movie. It follows the titular French nobleman who is highly conscious of his physical appearance and social status. This hinders him from winning the affections of the beautiful Roxanne, who eventually falls in love with another man called Christian de Neuvillette.

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   Is Peter Dinklage in 'Cyrano' based on a true story?

   • The first trailer for the Oscar-tipped Cyrano, which features Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage in the titular role, was released on Wednesday. The film tells the story of a poet who struggles to reveal his true feelings to the woman he loves due to his perceived unattractive appearance.

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   Was Cyrano de Bergerac a real person?

   • Although Cyrano de Bergerac was a real person, the famous play is a heavily fictionalised account of his life – even if there are some clear similarities with the historical record.

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   Who wrote the play 'Cyrano de Bergerac'?

   • Playwright Edmond Rostand wrote the play Cyrano de Bergerac in 1897, more than two centuries after the real Cyrano's life. In it, Cyrano is portrayed as a brilliant wordsmith, but his ugliness according to social norms dooms his love for Roxane.

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   Who was the real Cyrano de Bergerac? With Cyrano released in UK cinemas this weekend, we look at the real historical figure who inspired Edmond Rostand's classic 1897 play.

3. www.popsugar.com › entertainment › is-cyrano-basedCyrano Is (Loosely) Based on a True Story - POPSUGAR

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   Jan 6, 2022 · Peter Dinklage's Golden Globe-nominated movie, Cyrano, is loosely based on the life of mysterious writer, Savien de Cyrano de Bergerac.

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   Feb 23, 2022 · Yes, ‘Cyrano’ is partially based on a true story. It is adapted from Erica Schmidt’s eponymous 2018 stage musical, which in turn is based on ‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’ an 1897 play by Edmond Rostand.

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   In 1619, the real Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was born in Paris. According to scholar Mildred Allen Butler, he was beaten and mistreated by adults from an early age, thus leading to a lifelong mistrust in authority figures like teachers and the clergy. At the age of 12, his father, “apparently being glad to get rid of him,” sent young Cyrano off...

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   Not long after leaving university, Cyrano enlisted in the French army, where he served under Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, captain of the King’s cadets. Unlike what we might consider a cadet today, the French army of the period hand-picked cadets, mostly noblemen, to join the exclusive group. Life in the army gave Cyrano a steady source of income that h...

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   After his life in the army, Cyrano began to write. He found camaraderie with the Libertins, a group of writers in 17th century Paris who, Allen Butler writes, “were drawn together by the common bond of intellectual and religious nonconformism.” Given Cyrano’s past relationships with teachers and the clergy, and his dissatisfaction with the French m...

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   Apparently, Cyrano once fought one hundred dudes. This story, perhaps more than any other about his life, makes clear how hard it is to distinguish between Cyrano the man and Cyrano the myth. But, according to Allen Butler, the story appears in the work of “all who write of” Cyrano. It goes something like this: One night, after Cyrano had left the ...

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   Allen Butler begins her summary of Cyrano’s death with the following: And to this day, we are not really sure. But the common understanding of Cyrano’s death, and one that Rostand depicts, is that he met his end by way of a tragic accident. The story goes that a timber, yes, a large piece of wood, fell on Cyrano. A “lackey” let the timber fall on C...

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   Cyrano is a 2021 romantic drama musical film directed by Joe Wright and produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Guy Heeley, from a screenplay written by Erica Schmidt, based on the 2018 stage musical by Schmidt, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger, and Carin Besser, itself based on the 1897 Edmond Rostand play Cyrano de Bergerac.

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   Feb 23, 2022 · The story of Cyrano is actually based on the real person, Cyrano de Bergerac, who was a real poet and duelist from the 17th Century. His life story was later adapted by Edmond Rostand and...

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   Oct 6, 2021 · The film tells the story of a poet who struggles to reveal his true feelings to the woman he loves due to his perceived unattractive appearance. Wright says he identified with the original French...