Cyrano de Bergerac
[1st ed.]
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Author
Contributions
- Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918. - Contributor
Publication
1971 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
43,500 words, Guess
Page Count
174 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecyranodebergerac0000burg_d7q5
- ISBN-10039447239X
- ISBN-139780394472393
- LibraryThing6996
- Library of Congress Control Number76161405
and 2 more
- Open LibraryOL4917807M
- Open LibraryOL40279391M
Classifications
- DDC822/.9/14
- LCCPR6052.U638 C9 1971
Description
In this work, Anthony Burgess, a prodigy of the modern novel and a virtuoso of the English language, has brought his special gifts to bear on one of the great texts of the classic theatre – one with a hero whose name has become synonymous with raffish, big-nosed, big-souled nobility. The result is this supple and effervescently witty translation of Cyrano de Bergerac. As befits the translator who contributed subtitles to the acclaimed Jean-Paul Rappenau film (starring Gérard Depardieu), Burgess has produced a Cyrano of immense theatricality: one that combines verse and prose, along with judicious cuts and rearrangements, to restore the biting comedy, high pathos, and, above all, the panache, missing from what was previously the standard English translation
Description
Rostand's famous play tells of the brilliant wit Cyrano, with a face marred by his huge nose, who composes love letters to help his friend Christian woo the beautiful Roxane, with whom Cyrano is secretly in love.
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