Cyrano de Bergerac

Edmond Rostand

• 13 mei 2019
• 9788834110331

Samenvatting:

First published in 1897, "Cyrano de Bergerac" is a dramatic play written by Edmond Rostand. Though the play is fictional, Rostand based the titular character on a real man, Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac.

In the play, Cyrano de Bergerac, a cadet (nobleman serving as a soldier) in the French Army, is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents. He is a tragic, though larger-than-life figure whose similarly large nose keeps him from openly wooing the woman he loves and causes him to doubt himself...