6/23/2023 0 Comments Cyrano by geraldine mccaughreanCyrano so adores Roxane that he woos her by proxy, letting her believe that his words are those of a soldier in his regiment, Christian, who, though handsome, lacks wit. " As in Rostand's play, the envoy hurls insults at Cyrano about his large nose, to which the hero responds by suggesting a catalogue of wittier insults (e.g., "The Insult Unsporting: You must be the only man who can win a race by a nose before the starter has even fired his gun!") McCaughrean, however, threads in information about the real de Bergerac, who was in love with his cousin (in Rostand's play, the two are not related). In an opening scene in a theatre, Cyrano berates the star of the play, and his rival Comte de Guiche sends an envoy to "do something about. , reviewed above) recreates Cyrano de Bergerac as a charming and sympathetic hero. In this eloquent and spirited retelling of Edmond Rostand's classic play, McCaughrean ( Peter Pan in Scarlet
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