Cyrano de Bergerac (play) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cyrano de Bergerac |
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Cyrano de Bergerac, the man for whom the play is named and upon whose life it is based
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| Written by | Edmond Rostand |
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| Date of premiere | 1897 |
| Original language | French |
| Genre | Romance |
| Setting | France, 1640 |
Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. It is slightly based on the real Cyrano de Bergerac, and the play is a fictional story about his life.
The play has been translated and performed many times, and it is responsible for introducing the word "panache" into the English language.
Images for kids
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The second-to-last scene. First performance of the play. Published in "l'illustration", 8 January 1898
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Benoît-Constant Coquelin created the role of Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)
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Walter Hampden on the cover of Time in 1929, while he was the producer, director, star and theatre manager of a Broadway revival of Cyrano de Bergerac
See also
In Spanish: Cyrano de Bergerac (teatro) para niños
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