Rostand

And I once again couldn’t quite figure out how Crimp could be so comfortable in making Rostand’s original his own yet so resistant to cutting the play to a more manageable length for contemporary audiences.

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.

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.

“The Fantasticks,” based on a play by Edmond Rostand, concerns a young girl and boy, secretly brought together by their fathers, and an assortment of odd characters.

“The Fantasticks,” based on an obscure play by Edmond Rostand, doesn’t necessarily have the makings of a hit.