In this famous scene, Cyrano, hiding beneath Roxane’s balcony, whispers the right words to a bumbling Christian.
David Leveaux’s stylish production, with sumptuous costumes and sets by Gregory Gale and Tom Pye respectively, remains true to Rostand’s 1897 heartbreaker of a play, bursting with swashbuckling gascons and duplicitous noblemen, fops and ruffians. Its tale of the eponymous philosopher-swordsman (Kline), who pines for his beautiful cousin Roxane (Garner), yet is too ashamed of his large nose.
In this famous scene, Cyrano, hiding beneath Roxane’s balcony, whispers the right words to a bumbling Christian.