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Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Category: Reference
`Tonight When I make my sweeping bow at heaven's gate, One thing I shall still possess, at any rate, Unscathed, something outlasting mortal flesh, And that is ... My panache.' The first English translation of Cyrano de Bergerac, in 1898, introduced the word panache into the English language. This single ...Show more
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Classic Plays Ser.
This translation of Rostand's 19th-century play about the swordsman-poet with a nose too large to be taken seriously was first seen in the 1985 RSC production. This volume contains the full original text, slightly adapted and translated into verse by Burgess, who also writes the introduction.
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Category: Classics
Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem - he has a nose of stupendous size and believes she will never see past it to return his feelings. So when he discovers that the handsome b ...Show more
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