Ī4 size and spiral-bound, with larger text and a blank page for notes opposite every page. The same size as the Standard Edition, but with a sturdy, easy-to-fold, easy-to-hold, spiral-bound spine. Our regular paperback book at our regular size, perfect if you like to keep things classic. Since Crimp is fluent in French, he read the Rostand in. Lloyd commissioned playwright Martin Crimp to write the adaptation. Importantly, though, page numbers are the same across all format editions, so there'll be no confusion in the rehearsal room even if your company are using different editions. James McAvoy stars in the London production of Cyrano de Bergerac. The actors sound contemporary, too, thanks to the playwright Martin Crimp, who, in his capacity as translator-adaptor, has radically reworked Rostand’s text. Martin Crimp's adaptation of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergeracpremiered at the Playhouse Theatre, London, in November 2019. With the help of your feedback, we've redesigned the much-loved Samuel French Acting Editions to make them even more useful in the rehearsal room.Īvailable in your choice of size and bindingīecause we know every theatre-maker and reader is different, we now offer a choice of formats to suit the way you work. Cyrano's generous offer to act as go-between sets in motion a poignant and often hilarious love-triangle, in which each character is torn between the lure of physical attraction and the seductive power of words.

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