Cyrano de Bergerac

A brilliant swordsman-poet with an enormous nose woos the woman he loves in another man's name.

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▸Act 1, Scene 1The public, arriving by degrees ▸Act 1, Scene 2The same ▸Act 1, Scene 3The same, all but Lignière ▸Act 1, Scene 4The same ▸Act 1, Scene 5Cyrano, Le Bret.▸Act 1, Scene 6Cyrano, Le Bret, the duenna.▸Act 1, Scene 7Cyrano, Le Bret ▸Act 2, Scene 1Ragueneau, pastry-cooks, then Lise ▸Act 2, Scene 2The same ▸Act 2, Scene 3Ragueneau, Lise, Cyrano, then the musketeer.▸Act 2, Scene 4Ragueneau, Lise, the musketeer ▸Act 2, Scene 5Cyrano, Roxane, the duenna.▸Act 2, Scene 6Cyrano, Roxane.▸Act 2, Scene 7Cyrano, Ragueneau, poets, Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, the cadets, a crowd, then De Guiche.▸Act 2, Scene 8Cyrano, Le Bret, the cadets, who are eating and drinking at the tables right and left.▸Act 2, Scene 9Cyrano, Le Bret, the cadets, Christian de Neuvillette.▸Act 2, Scene 10Cyrano, Christian.▸Act 2, Scene 11Cyrano, Christian, the Gascons, the musketeer, Lise.▸Act 3, Scene 1Ragueneau, the duenna ▸Act 3, Scene 2Roxane, De Guiche, the duenna standing a little way off.▸Act 3, Scene 3Roxane, The duenna, Cyrano.▸Act 3, Scene 4Cyrano, Christian.▸Act 3, Scene 5Christian, Roxane, the duenna.▸Act 3, Scene 6Christian, Cyrano, two pages.▸Act 3, Scene 7Cyrano, Christian, a capuchin friar.▸Act 3, Scene 8Cyrano, Christian.▸Act 3, Scene 9Cyrano, Christian, Roxane.▸Act 3, Scene 10Cyrano, Christian, Roxane, the friar, Ragueneau.▸Act 3, Scene 11Cyrano, De Guiche.▸Act 3, Scene 12The same ▸Act 4, Scene 1Christian, Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, Le Bret, the cadets, then Cyrano.▸Act 4, Scene 2The same, all but Cyrano ▸Act 4, Scene 3The SAME ▸Act 4, Scene 4The same ▸Act 4, Scene 5The same ▸Act 4, Scene 6The same, all but De Guiche.▸Act 4, Scene 7The same ▸Act 4, Scene 8Roxane, Christian ▸Act 4, Scene 9Christian, Cyrano ▸Act 4, Scene 10Roxane, Cyrano ▸Act 5, Scene 1Mother Marguerite, Sister Martha, Sister Claire, other sisters.▸Act 5, Scene 2Roxane; the Duke de Grammont, formerly Count de Guiche ▸Act 5, Scene 3Le Bret, Ragueneau.▸Act 5, Scene 4Roxane alone ▸Act 5, Scene 5Roxane, Cyrano and, for a moment, Sister Martha.▸Act 5, Scene 6The same

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CYRANO

Cyrano de Bergerac · Edmond Rostand

Ah no! young blade! That was a trifle short! You might have said at least a hundred things by varying the tone. Aggressive: 'Sir, if I had such a nose I'd amputate it!' Friendly: 'When you sup it must annoy you, dipping in your cup; you need a drinking-bowl of special shape!'

1:18ComedicAdvanced

Writer	Edmond Rostand
Written	1897
Pages	130
Reading time	~2.5 hrs
Monologues	1 indexed
Themes	love, pride, wit, sacrifice
Principals	Cyrano, Roxane, Christian, De Guiche, Le Bret, Ragueneau

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