Choice, July/August 1995
Marowitz has rendered Rostand's...play in an informal and speakable iambic pentameter.
Book Description
In this fresh and innovative translation by director Charles Marowitz, Edmond Rostand's lyrical, capering and grandiloquent verse is captured in a brish, free-wheeling modern diction eminently suited for the skills and sensibilities of modern actors. Refreshed and freed from the academic heaviness of previous translations, Marowitz has fashioned an English version which will give actors and directors a powerful new impetus for reviving this classic work.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Cyrano de Bergerac FROM THE PUBLISHER
A quarrelsome, hot-tempered, and unattractive swordsman falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful woman and woos her for a handsome but slow-witted suitor. A witty and eloquent drama.
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