Cyrano de Bergerac (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edmond Rostand
- First Published: 1898
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragicomedy
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: France
- Principal Characters: Cyrano de Bergerac, Roxane, Christian de Neuvillette
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Tragedy, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Mistaken or secret identity, Poetry or poets, Seventeenth century, Death or dying, Assassins, hit men, or contract killers, Heroes or heroism, Soldiers, Duels or dueling, Braggarts
- Locales: Paris, France, Arras, France
The Story:
In the theater hall of the Hôtel de Burgundy, a young soldier named Christian de Neuvillette anxiously waited for the beautiful Roxane to appear in her box. Christian had fallen passionately in love with this woman whom he had never met. While he was waiting for her arrival, Christian became increasingly upset because he feared that he would never be able to summon sufficient courage to address her, for he believed she was as brilliant and as graceful as he was doltish and clumsy.
Also in the audience, waiting for the curtain to go up, was one Ragueneau, a...
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