{"product_id":"cyrano-de-bergerac-a-heroic-comedy-in-five-acts","title":"Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts","description":"\u003cb\u003eRegarded as one of the greatest dramas ever written, \u003ci\u003eCyrano de Bergerac\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the silver-tongued soldier whose unfortunate looks drive him to woo his love by speaking for his handsome but dull-witted rival.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCyrano de Bergerac\u003c\/i\u003e occupies a unique place in the modern theater. Deliberately disavowing realism and contemporary relevance, Edmond Rostand's masterpiece represents a turning back in both time and spirit to an earlier age of high adventure and soaring idealism. Its magnificent hero, Cyrano--noble of soul and grotesque in appearance, gallant Gascon soldier, brilliant wit, and timid lover, alternately comic, heroic, tragic--represents one of the most challenging of all acting roles in its complexity and mercurial changes of mood. From its original production to the present day, \u003ci\u003eCyrano de Bergerac\u003c\/i\u003e has enjoyed a charmed existence on the stage, its unflagging pace of action and eloquence of language enchanting critics and public alike. Here, in a superlative translation, is the ultimate triumph of the great French romantic tradition--a work which, in the words of the French critic Lemaître, \"prolongs, unites and blends...three centuries of comic fantasy and moral grace.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTranslated by Lowell Bair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Eteel Lawson \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Cynthia B. Kerr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Signet Book","offers":[{"title":"Mass Market Paperbound","offer_id":48515895591161,"sku":"9780451531988","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_caca6647-167e-412f-b685-85510b93af4f.jpg?v=1781209510","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/cyrano-de-bergerac-a-heroic-comedy-in-five-acts","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}