Overview

Rostand's hero has become a figure of theatrical legend. Cyrano, with the nose of a clown and the soul of a poet, is by turns comic and sad, as reckless in love as in war, and never at a loss for words. Audiences immediately took him to their hearts, and since its triumphant opening night the play has never lost its appeal. Christopher Fry's acclaimed translation into "chiming couplets" represents the homage of one verse dramatist to another.