{"id":808,"date":"2017-02-17T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.staffs.ac.uk\/ecw\/?p=808"},"modified":"2017-02-17T17:00:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T17:00:42","slug":"review-of-cyrano-de-bergerac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.staffs.ac.uk\/ecw\/2017\/02\/17\/review-of-cyrano-de-bergerac\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Cyrano de Bergerac"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group us from our English and Creative Writing group attended the New Vic Theatre on Monday 6th<\/sup> February to watch Cyrano de Bergerac<\/em>. This is a play adapted by Deborah McAndrew and directed\/composed by her husband Conrad Nelson. Deborah was instantly recognisable to us all as a regular in Coronation Street in the 90\u2019s, as she played a character called Angie Freeman. Cyrano<\/em> was performed by the award winning Northern Broadsides in a round theatre. Different props and lighting were used to set the scene for a variety of different places in Paris: a playhouse, a bakery, outside Roxanne\u2019s window, the frontline and a nunnery.<\/p>\n

Cyrano<\/em> is set in Paris around 1640. Cyrano is a poet and is madly in love with his cousin, Roxanne. However, he is reluctant to tell Roxanne of his feelings due to the fact he has an enormous nose! Cyrano becomes acquainted to Christian who Roxanne confesses her undying love for. With Christian\u2019s good looks and the use of Cyrano\u2019s poetic words he manages to marry Roxanne. However, with Cyrano and Christian both off to war, who will survive to win Roxanne\u2019s heart once and for all. Will Roxanne ever know the truth about Cyrano\u2019s feelings or will Christian run out of words. Cyrano<\/em> is a musical musketeer marvel. With poetic readings mixed with swashbucklers, bakers, and nuns, expect a journey into the unknown. The actors that were exceptional were Cyrano and Monfleury as they both had heavy dialogue mixed in with singing and playing musical instruments. They were entertaining, comical, and dramatic. That nose is not to be missed! (Lynn Statham, 1st Year English and Creative Writing)<\/p>\n

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