Cyrano de Bergerac

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troutmaster
troutmaster
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High School - 11th Grade

What were the motives of Rostand in writing Cyrano de Bergerac?

What inspired him to write it--an event, person, money, etc?

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Posted by troutmaster on Saturday March 17, 2007 at 6:40 AM and tagged with motives.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

    Rostand wrote this play for Constant-Benoit Coquelin, so the French actor would have a great part to show off his acting talents. (He based the play on the real poet Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac.)

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/cyrano-de/19191
    http://www.who2.com/cyranodebergerac.html

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    Posted by gbeatty on Sunday March 18, 2007 at 8:19 AM

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