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Release Date: 28 January, 2003 Retail Price: $24.95 OUR Price: $21.99 You SAVE: $2.96! Cast: Complete Cast (7 total) |
Cyrano de Bergerac (Broadway Theatre Archive) Reviews
Peter Donat as Cyrano de Bergerac
I actually saw this version on TV back in the '70's and, at that time, I was astounded by Donat's performance. He is so natural, so believable, and so grand. Cyrano de Bergerac is my favorite play, and the director and actors have captured the beautiful spirit of Rostand's work. I have taught this play in high schools over the years and used other fine film versions as part of the class, but I always wished I could find a copy of the Donat version. Now I have. It was worth waiting for.
Cyranno with Panache!
"These are things you might have said if you had some trace of wit or letters with which to color your discourse, but of wit you have none, and of letters you have but three: a-s-s."
That's a quote from Cyranno's repartee before the opening swordfight in this magnificent version of Rostand's play, from the golden days of PBS and its "Theater in America" series, hosted by Hal Holbrook. Here one encounters the snappiest dialogue and Peter Donat's peerless portrayal of the hero as soldier-poet and Platonic lover. If you are a serious Cyranno fan (meaning you cherish language as much as he did), this is the Cyranno for you. Bid Jose's dumbed down, B movie treatment (Oscar or no) -- as well as Gerard's sluggish fat guy -- adieu, and celebrate Donat's Cyranno, the lean fighting machine of language, combat and altruistic love, according to the highest ideals of the West.
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