Cyrano de Bergerac (play)

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French play play romantic drama verse drama

Cyrano de Bergerac is an 1897 verse drama by Edmond Rostand about a brilliant but self-conscious swordsman and poet who secretly helps another man woo the woman he loves.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Cyrano de Bergerac	9
Cyrano	3
Cyrano de Bergerac (stage role)	2
Cyrano de Bergerac (play) canonical	1
Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano	1
play Cyrano de Bergerac	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French play ⓘ play ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ verse drama ⓘ
author	Edmond Rostand ⓘ
basedOn	Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ⓘ
characteristicDevice	duels with words and swords ⓘ proxy courtship ⓘ witty wordplay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
criticalReputation	classic of French theatre ⓘ
era	19th-century theatre ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1897-12-28 ⓘ
form	verse ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ heroic drama ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
influenced	Cyrano Agency ⓘ Roxanne ⓘ surface form: Roxanne (1987 film) The Truth About Cats & Dogs ⓘ
literaryMovement	neo-romanticism ⓘ
mainCharacter	Christian de Neuvillette ⓘ Comte de Guiche ⓘ Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ⓘ surface form: Cyrano de Bergerac Roxane ⓘ
notableAdaptation	Cyrano (2021 film) ⓘ Cyrano (musical) ⓘ Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film) ⓘ Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film) ⓘ
originalActCount	5 ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
period	Belle Époque ⓘ
premiereCity	Paris ⓘ
premiereLocation	Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin ⓘ
premiereYear	1897 ⓘ
protagonistTrait	brilliant swordsman ⓘ gifted poet ⓘ self-conscious about his large nose ⓘ
setting	17th-century France ⓘ Paris ⓘ
structure	five-act play ⓘ
theme	honor ⓘ inner versus outer beauty ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ the power of language ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ
timeOfAction	1640s ⓘ
title	Cyrano de Bergerac (play) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cyrano de Bergerac
writer	Edmond Rostand ⓘ