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Cyrano de BergeracOn the coverInnocents and Card Sharpers, Ernest Meissonier, 1861
Cyrano de Bergerac
The dazzling swordsman and poet Cyrano, cursed with an enormous nose, loves the beautiful Roxane in secret, and lends his eloquence to a handsome but tongue-tied rival to win her. One of the most beloved plays ever written.
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The most swooningly romantic play in the repertoire, funny, dashing, and finally devastating, with a hero who gives everything and asks for nothing. Bring a handkerchief.
SettingParis, 1640s
The cavalier France of the 1640s, all plumed hats, duels, and gallantry, seen through the rose-tinted longing of the Romantic age.