Cyrano de Bergerac (play)

Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
	Cyrano de Bergerac, the man for whom the play is named and upon whose life it is based
Written by	Edmond Rostand
Characters	Cyrano de Bergerac; Roxane; Christian; De Guiche; Le Bret; Ragueneau;
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.^[1]

References

↑ Edmond Rostand (1998-09-01). Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts. ISBN 9780192836434. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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[1] Edmond Rostand (1998-09-01). Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts. ISBN 9780192836434. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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