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Cyrano De Bergerac
A play by Edmond Rostand.
Short | French Play

Summary

Hercule Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac, a cadet (nobleman serving as a soldier) in the French Army, is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents. In addition to being a remarkable duelist, he is a gifted, joyful poet and is also a musical artist. However, he has an obnoxiously large nose, which causes him to doubt himself. This doubt prevents him from expressing his love for his distant cousin, the beautiful and intellectual Roxane, as he believes that his ugliness would prevent him the "dream of being loved by even an ugly woman."

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Hercule Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac, a cadet (nobleman serving as a soldier) in the French Army, is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents. In addition to being a remarkable duelist, he is a gifted, joyful poet and is also a musical artist. However, he has an obnoxiously large nose, which causes him to doubt himself. This doubt prevents him from expressing his love for his distant cousin, the beautiful and intellectual Roxane, as he believes that his ugliness would prevent him the "dream of being loved by even an ugly woman."

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Théodule Ribot, Man and woman, 1843-1891, pen and ink, watercolor and crayon on laid paper, Public Domain

Pieter de Hooch, Man reading a letter to a woman, 1674-1676. oil on canvas, Public Domain

Carolus Duran, The Convalescent, 1860, Public Domain

Albert Anker, “Verwundeter Soldat”, 1870s, watercolor, Public Domain

Anthony van Dyck, “George Gage with Two Men’, 1622-1623, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Giorgio de Chirico, “Climb to the monastery”, 1908, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Julio Romero de Torres, “Nun”, 1911, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Cornelis Troost, “The Discovery of Jan Claasz”, 1738, oil on canvas, Publi Domain

Gordon Browne, Mr. Huddlestone fell backward on the turf. 1913, engraving, Public Domain.

Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, “Vanitas Still Life with Thinking Young Man”, 1645, oil on canvas, Public Domain.

Mikhail Nesterov, “Portrait of Olga Nesterova (Woman in a Riding Habit)”, 1906, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Egg, Augustus Leopold; Scene from ‘The Devil upon Two Sticks’; Tate; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/scene-from-the-devil-upon-two-sticks-198641

Adolph Von Menzel, “Albrecht Achilles” late 19th, wood engraving, Public Domain

Jacques Callot, “Les Troupes en Marche”, 1614-20, engraving, Public Domain

Jacob Jordaens, “Portrait of a Young Married Couple”, 1620, oil on panel, Public Domain

Rembrandt, “Self-portrait in a cap and scarf with the face dark bust”, 1633, self-portrait, Public Domain

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Childe Hassam, “On the Balcony”, 1888, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Augustus Leopold Egg, “Katherine”, 1850, metal engraving, Public Domain

Millais, John Everett, “Their precious book”, Wood engraving, 1861.

Hole, William, ”Captain Grose”, Etching, 1890, Public domain

Fransisco Goya, “Couple with Parasol on the Paseo”, 1796, ink on paper, Public Domain

Vincent van Gogh, “Man, Drawing or Writing”, 1886, chalk on paper, Public Domain

Gordon Brown, “Dear old moon”, 1919, Public Domain

Opnamedatum: 2010-08-13

Victor Adam, “Three men arguing”, mid 19th century, lithograph, Public domain

Rembrandt, “Portrait of a Couple in an Interior”, 1633, Public Domain

Johannes Vermeer, “Mistress and Maid”, 1666, Public Domain

Jacques Callot, “The Gentleman with his Hands Joined”, 1623, etching print, Public Domain

Lancelot Speed, “Bout with Stranger”, 1896, Halftone process, Public Domain

Jacques Callot, “Gherardo” 1611-19, engraving, Public Domain

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Albrecht Durer, “Young couple threatened by death”, 1495, engraving, Public domain

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, “The Theater Box with the Gilded Mask”, 1893, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, “The little theater box”, 1873-1874, oil on canvas, Public Domain

“The Tragedian Actor”, 1866, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Honore Daumier, “Theater”, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Frans van Mieris I (1635-1681), Et par i samtale, 1679

Unknown, “Cyrano de Bergerac”, engraving, Public Domain

Giorgione, Portrait of a Young Woman (Laura), 1506, oil on canvas, Public Domain

Jules Bastien-Lepage, “Emile Dressed As Cyrano”, 1883, Public Domain

Konstantin Korovin, “Street in Paris”, 1902, Public Domain

Unknown, “Modieus gekleed paar”, 1610-1620, engraving, Public Domain