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Cyrano de Bergerac

[ sir-uh-noh duh bur-juh-rak, -zhuh-, bair-; French see-ra-naw duh ber-zhuh-rak ]

noun

  1. (italics) a play in verse (1897) by Edmond Rostand.


Cyrano de Bergerac

/ sirano də bɛrʒərak /

noun

  1. Cyrano de BergeracSavinien16191655MFrenchWRITING: writerMILITARY: soldierMISC: duellist Savinien (savinjɛ̃). 1619–55, French writer and soldier, famous as a duellist and for his large nose. He became widely known through the verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) by Edmond Rostand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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And his 1973 starring role in “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles earned him a Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Award.

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The trial has offered a rare chance for the French public to see the once-revered actor - star of films like Green Card and Cyrano de Bergerac - at close quarters.

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“Cyrano de Bergerac” is built like a libretto.

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Sept. 4-29 “Cyrano de Bergerac,” Pasadena Playhouse Mention “Cyrano de Bergerac,” Edmond Rostand’s 1897 French classic, and the first thing that might come to mind is an actor wearing a fake nose.

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The theater’s centennial plays nicely into the choice of Martin Crimp’s radical, “freely adapted” version of Edmond Rostand’s enduring classic “Cyrano de Bergerac,” says Feldman.

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