Year: 1990
Title of the play: Cyrano de Bergerac
Author: Edmond Rostand Adapted by Patrick Garland
Director: Matthew Francis
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Theatre and location: Greenwich Theatre
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Plot summary: Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with an absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up an innocent deception with Christian, with tragic results.
Peth’s role: Cyrano de Bergerac
Reviews:
Know the nose, know the man. That’s been the rule with productions of Rostand’s great romance in recent years. The poetic Cyranos — Jacobi, Petherbridge, Keith Michell — have tended to have hooters rather too much like graceful children’s slides or consumer-friendly ski-runs. The warrior Cyranos — Sher, Lindsay, Rea, Tom Mannion for the Scots company Communicado — have gone in for ugly beaks, scary arrowheads, bloated parsnips or, in the last case, an offputting blend of bagpipe, haggis and caber. May 15, 2009
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