Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand
Directed by Emmanuel Daumas

Richelieu

8 December 2023 - 8 April 2024
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Richelieu

Cyrano de Bergerac

2023-12-08 20:30:00 2024-04-08 22:30:00

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The Comédie-Française’s repertoire being constantly renewed, a new "Cyrano de Bergerac" will be released – 6 years after the Cyrano directed by Denis Podalydès was performed, 85 years after Pierre Dux’s, and almost 130 years after the play was written.

To tackle this legendary play, replete with seminal soliloquies (the nose, “no thank you”), Emmanuel Daumas, who is very familiar with the house after having directed four plays here, elected to bet on lively youth; beside Cyrano, Christian, Roxane, the rest of the cast will be delighted to play all other fifty characters. The story of Cyrano, who handles swords just as deftly as he does words and lends Christian his talent to help him court Roxane, takes place against a unique set designed to evolve with each of the five acts. While places such as the Hôtel de Bourgogne or Ragueneau’s were created with flourishing Baroque inspirations, the balcony scene is set in a whimsical, fairy-like ambiance in which Méliès meets Cocteau; the stage becomes emptier when Roxane risks her life to meet her two loved ones at the Arras camp where death is lurking.
It is only when Cyrano draws his last breath that Roxane, now recluse in a convent, understands how deeply she was duped. The dreamlike setting of this comedy of heroes and period piece sprinkled with Romanticism bares to its very core the nature of a hero who lived with flair until he died. This idealistic brawler, trapped by self-hatred and a fear of reality, chose Christian’s beauty as his avatar, according to Emmanuel Daumas. About Cyrano’s dreaming, Daumas quotes Marcel Proust: “It is better to dream your life than to live it, even if living it means dreaming it”.

NEW PRODUCTION

IN CINEMAS
LIVE
JANV 25

With the generous support of Aline Foriel-Destezet, great patron of the arts
Sponsored by Grant Thornton

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Creative team

Directed by: Emmanuel Daumas
Dramaturgy: Laurent Muhleisen
Scenography: Chloe Lamford
Costumes: Alexia Crisp-Jones
Lights: Bruno MarsolSon: Joan Cambon
Choreographic work: Raphaëlle Delaunay
Fight setting: Jerome Westholm
Artistic collaboration: Vincent Deslandres
Costume assistantship: Pauline Juille

Distribution

the company

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    Laurent
    Stocker

    Ragueneau, le Portier et le Jeune Homme

    See biography
  • 26-nicolaslormeau-push

    Nicolas
    Lormeau

    de Guiche, la Bouquetière, l’Apprenti et Poète 5

    See biography
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    Jennifer
    Decker

    Roxane

    See biography
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    Laurent
    Lafitte

    Cyrano

    See biography
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    Yoann
    Gasiorowski

    Christian et quelqu’un

    See biography
  • 51-biraneba-push

    Birane
    Ba

    Lignière, un homme, Pâtissier 3, Poète 1, Cadet 3, le Capucin et Mère Marguerite

    See biography
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    Nicolas
    Chupin

    Montfleury, Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, un garde, la Distributrice, Tire-laine, Pâtissier 2 et Poète 3

    See biography
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    Adrien
    Simion

    Le Bret, Laquais 1, le Cuisinier et Poète 4

    See biography
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    Jordan
    Rezgui

    Valvert, le Bourgeois, Brissaille, la Duègne, Pâtissier 1, Cadet 2 et Sœur Marthe

    See biography

The Comédie-Française Academy

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    Pierre-Victor
    Cabrol

    Laquais 2, Cuigy, Jodelet, Lise, Cadet 1, un page et une sœur

  • alexisdebieuvrel

    Alexis
    Debieuvre

    Cavalier 1, Marquis 2, Bellerose, Pâtissier 5, Poète 2, Cadet 4, un page et une sœur

  • elriklepercq

    Elrik
    Lepercq

    Cavalier 2, Marquis 1, le Mousquetaire, Pâtissier 4, Cadet 5, un page et une sœur

and the Comédie-Française Academy actor.

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