Member Reviews

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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “Read this play for the definition of "panache." Just wonderful.”

  Lord Manleigh wrote this review Sunday, April 13 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “Cyrano de Bergerac was one of the assigned readings during my last year of secondary school; I read this drama again in university. With the guidance of our literature teacher, we understood and thoroughly enjoyed the comedy of the courtship of the great Cyrano -- the competent, heroic, courageous, cultured, and articulate hero whose only defect seems to be that he his homely. He can charm the world but he cannot win the lady, who considers Adonis-like good looks as prime. When reading this again in university, I was more aware of the pathos, the hurt, the humiliation, the moral suffering that one as upright as Cyrano suffered continually in the superficial and materialistic environment that was his world. And I realized then that my world was not much different. I've come to consider Cyrano as one of the most incredibly beautiful characters in all literature. ”

  Joe B wrote this review Friday, February 22 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “This hilarious play written by Edmond Rostand is an outstanding pay between several main characters. Cyrano who is one of the main characters in this play has always been disgusted by his nose because it is larger then normal.”

  JOHNNY Q wrote this review 1 hour ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “This is one of my favorite plays in all time that i have read in school. This play blew me out of my seat and was seducing me to read more. When his play was done i was sad because i wanted it to never end. I read this book 1 year ago but till today i still remember all the stuff i learned about it. I recommend this play to others who like action and romance.”

  ANDREW F wrote this review Tuesday, October 21 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “A classic... and after reading just now for the first time, I know why .... blind love and the act of selflessness .... the only play of Rostand to be successful ... yet the only one thast needed to be ... you can learn much from Cyrano .... we would be so much better for it ...”

  NYwriter06 wrote this review Saturday, August 2 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “I'd seen the movie as a young girl and was expecting a lot from the playscript. Development of the setting was boring, though depiction in the movie was great. On the other hand, one can draw much from Cyrano's life - chivilary, romance, commitment...
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  Nazia S wrote this review Thursday, July 24 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “The verbal play in this is fantastic.”

  Lisa E wrote this review Thursday, July 24 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “The beauty of language is the perfect pedestal on which to mount this fantastic tragi-comedy about the true nature of love, fidelity, and honor. Such a fantastically rich play!”

  Letitia Harmon wrote this review Thursday, July 10 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “Cyrano's idealism, and his struggle with Unrequited love, just makes me cry every time I read this classic, truly one of France's literary Treasures, in my opinion, this 'tragedy of love' ranks higher than Romeo and Juliet, and many others.”

  Vijeth S wrote this review Sunday, May 18 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “A comical story about a man with a huge nose. He encounters many troubles...mainly love problems. ”

  Amanda W wrote this review Friday, May 16 2008. ( reply | permalink )