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Cyrano's short life is poorly documented. Certain significant chapters of his life are known only from the Preface to the Histoire Comique par Monsieur de Cyrano Bergerac, Contenant les Estats & Empires de la Lune (Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon) published in 1657, nearly two years after his death. [2]
Cyrano de Bergerac (1946), a relatively unknown French-language black-and-white film version starring Claude Dauphin. Posters and film stills give the impression that the set designs and costumes of the 1950 film may have been modeled after this version. [41] Cyrano de Bergerac (1950), the first English-language adaptation of the play. José ...
Edmond Rostand, aged 29, at the time of the first performance of Cyrano, 1898. The production of his heroic comedy Cyrano de Bergerac (28 December 1897, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin), with Benoît-Constant Coquelin in the title role, was a triumph. [8] The first production lasted for more than 300 consecutive nights. [4]
The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon (French: L'Autre monde ou les états et empires de la Lune) was the first of three satirical novels written by Cyrano de Bergerac.
“Cyrano de Bergerac” is built like a libretto. No wonder composers have been drawn to Rostand's play. Music might be the missing ingredient. ("Cyrano,” Joe Wright’s uneven 2021 film ...
Cyrano is a musical with a book and lyrics by Anthony Burgess and music by Michael J. Lewis.. Based on Edmond Rostand's classic 1897 play of the same name, it focuses on a love triangle involving the large-nosed poetic Cyrano de Bergerac, his beautiful cousin Roxana, and his classically handsome but inarticulate friend Christian de Neuvillette who, unaware of Cyrano's unrequited passion for ...
Joe Wright’s “Cyrano” is an adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac, the film’s script is penned by Erica Schmidt based on her 2018 stage musical. When Wright wanted ...
Cyrano: The Musical is a musical with music by Ad van Dijk, an original book and lyrics (in Dutch) by Koen van Dijk. For the Broadway production, English lyrics were provided by Peter Reeves, with additional lyrics by Sheldon Harnick .