Cyrano de Bergerac

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Introduction 19:00 | Spielfeld Oberstraße (upper foyer)

Romantic comedy by Martin Crimp
Freely adapted from Edmond Rostand
German version by Ulrich Blumenbach and Nils Tabert

The eponymous hero Cyrano possesses not only an exceptionally large olfactory organ but also an incomparable talent for poetry, which he uses to woo the favor of his cousin Roxane. Not for himself, however, although he loves her passionately, but as a ghostwriter for his friend Christian. And with success! He even advises the two of them to marry quickly in order to save Roxane from Count Guiche, who also has his eye on her. Guiche takes his revenge by sending Christian to the front line in the war - together with Cyrano. From there, Cyrano also manages to regularly send his letters to Roxane in Christian's name, so that she finally turns up at the encampment. The true authorship of the love letters almost comes to light when the news of Christian's death suddenly arrives.
This tragicomic story about unhappy love and a long-distance love triangle that is not recognizable as such to everyone involved has been adapted for theater and film time and again in different variations - as has the process of creating this drama. Cyrano's actions and fate remain topical due to their inevitability, which is what makes this story so melancholy and appealing.

Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand was born in Marseille in 1868. He first studied law, then philosophy, literature and history. In the meantime, he devoted himself to writing, initially composing poetry and only writing dramatic works from 1894 onwards. He married the writer Rosemonde Gérard in 1890, but left her for a mistress in 1915. Rostand died of the Spanish flu in Paris in 1918.