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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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| By: |
Edmond Rostand |
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Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1557832307 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781557832306 |
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| Publisher: |
APPLAUSE THEATRE BOOK PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2000 |
| Description: |
This translation of Rostand's classic story is "a crowd pleaser . . . sumptuous, rousing" ("Newsweek"). "Emotional depth Rostand himself would surely have envied . . . Burgess' extravagant verse keeps its contours, yet trips off the tongue almost as though it were contemporary speech".--"London Times". |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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US |
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Applause Theatre Book Publishers |
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