Cyrano de Bergerac : a heroic comedy in 5 acts / by Edmond Rostand ; in a new English version by Louis Untermeyer ; with illustrations drawn by Pierre Brissaud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918, author.

Contributor:

Brissaud, Pierre, 1885-1964, illustrator.

Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977, translator, author of foreward.

George Macy Companies, Inc., copyright holder.

Heritage Press (New York, N.Y.), publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655--Drama.

Cyrano de Bergerac.

Authors, French--17th century--Drama.

Authors, French.

France--History--17th century--Drama.

France.

Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655.

Genre:

Historical drama.

Scripts (Documents).

Plays (Performed works).

Drama.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvii, 210 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Heritage Press, [1954]

Language Note:

In English: translated from French.

Summary:

This 1897 play is based on the life of Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655), a French dramatist and swordsman. Here he helps his less articulate friend woo the beautiful Roxanne, and himself falls in love with her.

Notes:

"The entire contents are copyright 1954 by the George Macy Companies, Inc."--verso of title page.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014.

OCLC:

1344940