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- The real Cyrano de Bergerac is a novelist and playwright who lived from 1619 to 1655, around the same time as the fictional Cyrano. The real Cyrano probably inspired the idea for Rostand’s protagonist, but the play’s events, as well as its other characters, are solely the product of Rostand’s imagination.
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Sep 21, 2024 · Cyrano de Bergerac, verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand, performed in 1897 and published the following year. It was based only nominally on the 17th-century nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose.
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Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–55) was a French satirist and...
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In 1897, Rostand enjoyed his greatest triumph with the production of his sensationally popular Cyrano de Bergerac. With the famous Benoit Constant Coquelin (to whom the play is dedicated) performing the lead role, the play was a tremendous success.
Edmond Rostand wrote Cyrano de Bergerac at a time when Naturalism was a major force in the literary world. His heroic comedy was a complete contrast to what most of his contemporaries were...
Cyrano de Bergerac (/ ˌ s ɪr ə n oʊ d ə ˈ b ɜːr ʒ ə r æ k,-ˈ b ɛər-/ SIRR-ə-noh də BUR-zhə-rak, – BAIR-, French: [siʁano d(ə) bɛʁʒəʁak]) is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. The play is a fictionalisation following the broad outlines of Cyrano de Bergerac's life.
- Edmond Rostand
- 1897
Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–55) was a French satirist and dramatist whose works combining political satire and science-fantasy inspired a number of later writers. He has been the basis of many romantic but unhistorical legends, of which the best known is Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 1, 2005 · The writer provides an extremely detailed account of Rostand's most intense period of theatrical activity — the period between 1894 and 1910, when he wrote all of his best-known works, including La Princesse lointaine (1895), La Samaritaine (1897), Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), L'Aiglon (1900) and Chantecler (1910).
Everything you need to know about the setting of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, written by experts with you in mind.
