Can Cyrano de Bergerac cheer up Parisians a second time? by Kim Willsher Paris

The lovelorn poet-duellist with an unfeasibly long nose first delighted audiences in 1897When Cyrano de Bergerac was first performed on the Paris stage at the Porte Saint Martin theatre in 1897, its author, Edmond Rostand, was so convinced the play would be a flop that he apologised beforehand to the leading actor for wasting his time.He need not have worried. At the play's premiere, the audience gave it a 20-minute …

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