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    Cyr·a·no de Ber·ge·rac, Savinien
    /ˈsirənō də ˈbərZHəˌrak/
    • 1. (1619–55), French soldier, duelist, and writer. He is chiefly remembered for the large number of duels that he fought (many because of his proverbially large nose) as immortalized in Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), a play by Edmond Rostand.

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  2. Today, he is best known as the inspiration for Edmond Rostand 's most noted drama, Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), which, although it includes elements of his life, also contains invention and myth.

  3. Apr 23, 2024 · Meaning & History. Possibly derived from the name of the ancient Greek city of Cyrene, which was located in North Africa. Edmond Rostand used this name in his play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). He based his character upon a real person, the French satirist Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655).

  4. A short summary of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Cyrano de Bergerac.

  5. Cyrano de Bergerac, verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand, performed in 1897 and published the following year. It was based only nominally on the 17th-century nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose.

  6. Cyrano de Bergerac, a play by Edmond Rostand, is a classic work of French literature first performed in 1897. The play is a fictionalized account of the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac, a 17th-century French playwright and duelist.

  7. Cyrano was presented in 1897 for the first time, half a century after Hugo's last effort, and is not a part of any school or movement. Rather, Cyrano seems an outgrowth of the medieval French literature — the songs of the troubadours.

  8. The titular character of Cyrano de Bergerac is disarmingly brilliant, highly eloquent, and good in a fight, but also cursed with an abnormally large nose —in short, he has an ugly face but a beautiful mind. Cyrano’s defining quality is his “panache,” that is, his flamboyant, sometimes aggressive style, which compels him to duel with ...

  9. Many who have read the play, or enjoyed the stage production or motion picture: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, do not know that it is based on fact and that Cyrano was a man of significance in seventeenth-century France.

  10. Jun 20, 2018 · Cyrano. 1. Short for or in reference to Cyrano De Bergerac. A romanticist with a big nose and believed the girl he loved would never love him back. 2. A sort of background guy whom no one notices that is feeding the good looking guys there charming lines.

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