Cyrano De Bergerac Coming Soon an Excerpt from Sue Lloyd’S the Man Who Was Cyrano, a Life of Edmond Rostand
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Did you know? A production from Edmond Rostand and his Cyrano de Bergerac Coming soon An excerpt from Sue Lloyd’s The Man Who Was Cyrano, A Life Of Edmond Rostand. Find the next broadcast or screening near you at ntlive.com Cyrano de Bergerac must be one of the can take us out of ordinary life and Twelve Women. One Murderer. best-known and best-loved plays in the return us to it refreshed and invigorated’. An Impossible Decision. In 2019 we had world. It has been translated into almost every known language and inspired By the time he wrote Cyrano de Maxine Peake plays a midwife and lms, operas, musicals and even ballet. Bergerac, Rostand was already a new play by Lucy Kirkwood Ria Zmitrowicz plays the defendant in an accomplished dramatist. But in from National Theatre this bold and gripping new play. Edmond Rostand was born in 1868 to December 1897 the success of Cyrano CYRANO prosperous and cultured parents in the de Bergerac was far from certain. Verse ++++ 26,378 southern French city of Marseilles. When plays were normally performed at the ‘A mighty new play. Magnificent.’ screenings around the world. DE BERGERAC he was received into the Académie Comédie-Française. However, by the Financial Times française in 1903, he told the audience: time of Cyrano’s duel with Valvert in by Edmond Rostand in a new version by Martin Crimp ‘We need a theatre where, inspiring us Act One, the audience was completely with beauty, consoling us with grace, enthralled. At the next performance, poets, without doing it deliberately, give Rostand was decorated with the Legion Love is in the air. us lessons for the soul’. ‘And this is why’, of Honour, he had suddenly become From the writers of One Man, Two he insisted, ‘we need dramas that are a celebrity. Guvnors comes a riotous new comedy. not only poetic but also heroic!’ because ‘only a hero, someone larger than life, RAF pilot Jack sets his sights on Enjoy the show winning the heart of his old ame, Lydia. Cast in order of appearance Creative Team by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris But nothing is that easy in 1940s wartime We hope you enjoy your National Theatre Please do let us know what you think The Jamie Lloyd Company National Theatre Live based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s Britian, so buckle up for a turbulent Live screening. We make every attempt through our channels listed below or Leila Ragueneau Michele Austin Director Jamie Lloyd The Rivals and hilarious journey. to replicate the theatre experience as approach the cinema manager to share Le Bret Adam Best Translator-Adaptor Martin Crimp closely as possible for your enjoyment. your thoughts. Armand, Priest Sam Black Set and Costume The Jamie Lloyd Company is the National Theatre Live distributes Laurie Davidson plays hotshot pilot Valvert Nari Blair-Mangat Designer Soutra Gilmour phenomenally successful partnership world-class theatre straight from stages Jack, while Natalie Simpson is Jean-Paul Philip Cairns Lighting Designer Jon Clark between acclaimed director Jamie Lloyd across the United Kingdom to cinema headstrong Lydia, with Caroline Quentin De Guiche Tom Edden Sound Design and the Ambassador Theatre Group – screens around the world. and Richard Fleeshman. 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