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Cyrano de Bergerac [EPUB ebook]

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The nineteenth-century French classic about the swordsman-poet with the nose too large to be taken seriously, in an acclaimed English translation by Anthony Burgess.
This translation of Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, London, in July 1983, with Derek Jacobi as Cyrano.
Burgess's translation was subsequently used as the basis of the sub-titles for the 1990 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Gérard Depardieu.

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Edmond Rostand (1868–1918) was a French poet and dramatist, best known for his 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 185 ● ISBN 9781780016306 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Translator Anthony Burgess ● Publisher Nick Hern Books ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4462755 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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