Cyrano de Bergerac May 22, 2009

Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the most iconic characters in drama. Edmond Rostand, poet and dramatist, created Cyrano for a more romantic age, at the end of the 19th century, but his play about the nature of love and the importance of truth remains vividly alive today. It was given a definitive English translation by another great flamboyant writer, Anthony Burgess, who managed to capture not only Rostand’s verse and spirit but also Cyrano’s elusive ‘panache’.
Cyrano is soldier, poet, philosopher and duellist, equally at home with the sonnet as with the sword. But of one thing he is incapable - he cannot tell the exquisite Roxane that he loves her, and for only one reason. His nose. His huge, his ridiculous, his grotesque nose.
When he undertakes to use his own wit and words to woo Roxane for the handsome and inarticulate Christian, he is breaking his own heart. The story takes us from the teeming world of the 17th century Paris of Cardinal Richelieu, to the battlefield and spans fifteen years before we discover whether or not Cyrano will take his secret to the grave.
Trevor Nunn has been Artistic Director of both the Royal Shakespeare Company (1968-1986) and of the National Theatre (1997-2003). His West End credits include the musicals Cats, Les Misérables, Starlight Express and Sunset Boulevard and, most recently, A Little Night Music at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Joseph Fiennes plays Cyrano de Bergerac. His film credits include Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth, Luther and The Merchant of Venice. His theatre credits include Love’s Labour’s Lost (directed by Trevor Nunn, National Theatre), Troilus and Cressida, The Herbal Bed and As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company), Epitaph for George Dillon (Comedy Theatre) and Edward II (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield).
Please note: This production contains gunshots and flashing lights

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