Cyrano de Bergerac | Roxane
Roxane is one of the most sought after women in Paris. Beautiful, intelligent, and fiercely independent, she lives with her duenna (chaperone) in a comfortable home in Paris. She is Cyrano's cousin, and the object of desire for not only Cyrano and Christian, but the Comte de Guiche and the Vicomte de Valvert as well. Described by Rostand as "delicately reared and bookish," she is a lover of words and not men.
While attracted to Christian's good looks, his lack of social skill and clumsy attempts at conversation turn her off. It is only when Roxane hears the words of...
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