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Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand

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The classic French play on the power of love, poetry and beauty.

Story:

Soldier and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with Roxane, but he's too ashamed to admit it because of his big nose. When a cadet, Christian, falls for Roxane, he asks for Cyrano's help in sharing his feelings. Cyrano writes love letters signed with Christian's name, and Roxane doesn't realize that it's Cyrano's words she falls for. She marries Christian, and Cyrano continues to keep the other man's secret, even after tragedy strikes.

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: Playwright
Edmond Rostand

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 3, 1898

Original Cast: Richard Mansfield, A. G. Andrews, Margaret Anglin, Frederick Backus, Bertha Blanchard, William Courteney, Ellen Cummens, Arthur Forrest, Helen Gliddon, William H. Griffith, Francis Kingdom, Angela McCaull, F. A. Thomson, J. W. Weaver

Sep 1899 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Knickerbocker Theatre

Opening Night: Sep 18, 1899

Total Performances: 28

Original Cast: Charles H. Bowers, John E. Brand, Robert Broderick, Thomas De Vassey, Charles F. Dodge, Lulu Glaser, F. S. Heck, A. M. Holbrook, Clara Hollywood, Bessie Howard, Josephine Intropidi, Carl King, Josephine Knapp, Stella Koetter, Peter Lang, William Laverty, H. L. Owen, Joseph M. Ratliff, Frank Scott, Karl Stall, Martha Stein, Lotta Watson, Francis Wilson, Laura Wise

Director: A. M. Holbrook

Producer: Francis Wilson Opera Company

Scenic Design: Richard Marston

Costume Design: Percy Anderson

Nov 1899 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 20, 1899

Original Cast: Richard Mansfield, A. G. Andrews, Frederick Backus, Woodward Barrett, Edward Belden, Gage Bennett, Maxwell Blake, Bertha Blanchard, Mazie Blythe, Mr. Butler, F. Cecil Butler, Alice Chandler, Samuel Claggett, William Courtenay, Ellen Cummens, Rienzi De Cordova, Nora Dunblane, Malcolm Duncan, Fernanda Eliscu, Mary Emerson, Clara Emory, Helen Ford, Arthur Forrest, Helen Glidden, William H. Griffith, Edgar Hart, Grace Heyer, Miss Hollingsworth, Mabel Howard, J. F. Hussey, Francis Kingdon, Claire Kulp, Harry Lewis, Damon Lyons, Joseph Maylon, Angela McCaull, Augustin McHugh, Robert Milton, Mr. Nevil, E. Ordway, Charles Quinn, Robert Schable, C. Short, Dwight Smith, William Sorelle, Douglas Stanfield, A. Striker, F. A. Thomson, Clement Toole, Miss Van Arold, Blanche Weaver, Joseph A. Weaver, John Westley, Douglas J. Wood

Producer: Richard Mansfield Repertory

1900 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 26, 1900

Total Performances: 8

Original Cast: Sarah Bernhardt, Benoit Constant Coquelin

Producer: Maurice Grau

1923 Broadway Revival

Theatre: National Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 1, 1923

Total Performances: 232

Original Cast: Walter Hampden, John Alexander, Margaret Barnstead, Nina Bruning, Kenneth Burchfield, Ray T. Busch, Ruth Chorpenning, Lawrence Chrow, Frank Colletti, Hope Coxhead, Miriam Cutler, Marcel Dill, Reynolds Evans, Jay Fassett, Ethel Fisher, Henry Fitzgerald, Charles Francis, Isabel Garland, Henry Goff, William Goodrich, Paul Guilfoyle, Mary Hall, C. Norman Hammond, Harry E. Humphrey, H. E. Humphrey, Anthony Jochim, Stan Jones, Elsie Herndon Kearns, P. J. Kelly, Joseph Latham, Paul Leyssac, Margaret Low, Alfred Mack, Bernard Max, Carroll McComas, Fred McGuick, Mabel Moore, Valentine Newmark, Le Roi Operti, Louis Polan, James R. Pray, Ernest Rowan, William Russell, Antonio Salerno, Franklin Salisbury, William Sauter, Bernard Savage, Helena Simkhovitch, William H. Stevens, Allen Thomas, Anne Tonetti, Thomas F. Tracey, John Trevor, Fred Verdi, Earl Weatherford, Cedric Weller, Albert G. West, Edith Barrett Williams, John Wilson, Cecil Yapp, Frank Young

Director: Walter Hampden

Producer: Claude Bragdon

1926 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Hampden's Theatre

Opening Night: Feb 18, 1926

Total Performances: 96

Original Cast: Walter Hampden, Marie Adels, Charles Francis, John Alexander, Edith Barrett, Nancy Bevill, Ruth Chorpenning, Maurice Colbourne, Frank Colletti, Edwin Cushman, Murray Darcy, Marcel Dill, Brice Disque, Jr., Reynolds Evans, Howard Galt, Gordon Hart, Hart Jenks, P. J. Kelly, Mary Law, Parker Mills, Mabel Moore, Grania O'Malley, Le Roi Operti, Louis Polan, Ernest Rowan, Antonio Salerno, William Sauter, Bernard Savage, Ruth Seward, Thomas F. Tracey, Cedric Weller, Albert West, Dot Willens, J. Plumpton Wilson, Philip Wood, Cecil Yapp

Director: Walter Hampden

1928 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Hampden's Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 25, 1928

Original Cast: Walter Hampden, Gage Bennett, Edwin Cushman, Murray D'Arcy, Francis Dears, Howard Galt, S. Thomas Gomez, Evelyn Goodrich, C. Norman Hammond, Gordon Hart, O.C. Helming, Harriet Ingersoll, Stephen Irving, Richard Jack, Philip Cary Jones, Stella Kinsley, Omar Le Gant, Jan Lindermann, Anna Lubowe, Caroline Meade, Joseph Milton, Anne Mitchell, Mabel Moore, Robert Norton, Louis Polan, Alvin Proctor, Charles Quigley, Ernest Rowan, Antonio Salerno, Franklin Salisbury, William Sauter, Robert C. Schnitzer, William Thornton, Anne Tonetti, Ingeborg Torrup, Egisto Visser, Edward Voisin, Albert G. West, Harold Williams, Cecil Yapp

Director: Walter Hampden

Producer: Walter Hampden

1932 Broadway Revival

Theatre: New Amsterdam Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 26, 1932

Total Performances: 16

Original Cast: Walter Hampden, Laura Barrett, Bessie Beatty, W. Messenger Bellis, Pickering Brown, Guy Collins, Eliza Connolly, Alice Dalton, Murray D'Arcy, Joseph V. De Santis, Mary Alice Dill, Joanna Dorman, Reynolds Evans, Howard Galt, Wanda Gelb, Evelyn Goodrich, Edward Everett Hale, C. Norman Hammond, Gordon Hart, Wilfred Jessop, Whitford Kane, P. J. Kelly, Spencer Kimbell, Robert B. Mantell, Jr., John P. Marquand, Lewis McMichael, Esther Mitchell, Mabel Moore, Helen O'Connor, Gerald O'Neill, Walter Plinge, James R. Pray, Edwin Ross, Ernest Rowan, Phyllis Sallee, William Sauter, Harvey Sayers, Robert C. Schnitzer, John D. Seymour, Cyrus H. Staehle, Arthur Stenning, George Thorp, Mildred Vail, Evelyn Venable, Katherine Warren, Henry Warwick, Margaret Watson, Harold Williams, J. P. Wilson

Director: Walter Hampden

Producer: Walter Hampden

Scenic Design: Claude Bragdon

1936 Broadway Revival

Theatre: New Amsterdam Theatre

Opening Night: Apr 27, 1936

Total Performances: 40

Original Cast: Walter Hampden, Laura Barrett, Jack Benwell, Milo Boulton, Richard Edward Bowler, Hannam Clark, Eliza Connolly, Murray D'Arcy, Marcel Dill, Joanna Dorman, Bernard Fabrizi, Howard Galt, Arthur Gilmour, Wilton Graff, William Grier, Edward Everett Hale, C. Norman Hammond, Jack Harling, Robert Hudson, Peter Johnston, Sela Krebs, Henry Lase, Rose Le Gant, Albon Lewis, Geoffrey Lind, James Malaidy, Clare Mason, Mabel Moore, Ralph Nelson, Gerald O'Neill, Constance Pelissier, Walter Plinge, Truman Quevli, Edwin Ross, Richard Ross, Ernest Rowan, Franklin Salisbury, William Sauter, Harvey Sayers, Robert C. Schnitzer, Mildred Starkweather, George Thorp, Herbert Treitel, Paul Tripp, Boris Ulmar, Mildred Vail, John Van Zanten, Herbert Vigran, Michel Wardell, Katherine Warren, Margaret Watson, Franklin Webb, Jane Weldon, Mortimer H. Weldon, Laura Eliza Windsor

Scenic Design: Claude Bragdon

1946 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Alvin Theatre, Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 8, 1946

Total Performances: 193

Original Cast: José Ferrer, Ralph Clanton, Francis Compton, Ernest Graves, Paula Laurence, Frances Reid, Hiram Sherman, William Woodson, Leopold Badia, Lee Baxter, Toni Brown, Robert Carroll, Leonardo Cimino, Marion Clements, Nick Dennis, Vincent Donahue, Phyllis Hill, Anthony Jordan, Walter Kelly, Mary Jane Kersey, Samuel N. Kirkham, Francis Letton, Stewart Long, Nan McFarland, Benedict McQuarrie, Ralph Meeker, John O'Connor, George B. Oliver, Jacqueline Soans, Robinson Stone, Charles Summers, Patricia Wheel, Bert Whitley, Wallace Widdecombe, Howard Wierum, Paul Wilson

Director: Melchor G. Ferrer

Producer: José Ferrer

Scenic and Costume Design: Lemuel Ayers

Nov 11, 1953 Broadway Revival

Theatre: City Center

Opening Night: Nov 11, 1953

Total Performances: 15

Original Cast: Carl Albertson, Toby Allen, Carmen Alvarez, Jacques Aubuchon, Leopold Badia, Betty Bartley, Linda Berlin, Peter Brandon, Peter Buchan, Bill Butler, Sandy Campbell, Stanley Carlson, Dean Cetrulo, Ann Chisholm, Ralph Clanton, Tamar Cooper, Richard Cowdery, Garry Cowen, Arlene Dahl, Lee Danna, Jarmila Daubek, Vincent Donahue, Muriel Dooley, José Ferrer, Jack Fletcher, John Glennon, Peter Harris, Philip Huston, Jill Kraft, Robert Lansing, Paula Laurence, Lily Lodge, Roberta MacDonald, Benedict MacQuarrie, Lori March, Marijane Maricle, Jill McAnney, Gordon Nelson, Louise de la Parra, Philip Prindle, Viola Roache, Eva Rubinstein, Robinson Stone, Charles Summers, Tom Tryon, Honey Waldman, Arthur Walsh, Douglas Watson, Albert Whitley, Wallace Widdecombe, G. Wood

Director: José Ferrer

Producer: New York City Theatre Company

Scenic Design: Richard Whorf

Costume Design: Emeline Roche

Nov 19, 1953 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Broadhurst Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 19, 1953

Total Performances: 31

Original Cast: Manuel Alvarez, Laura Bove, Pedro Calis, Luis Calvo, Rafael Calvo, Manuel Calzada, Francisco Camacho, Enrique Cerro, Rosario De La Torre, Francisca Ferrandiz, Luis Garcia, Miguel Garcia, Pedro Gil, Leonor Hernandez, A. Mendez, Emilio Menendez, Antonio Mora, Pilar Olivar, José Poveda, Carmen Pradillo, Maria Rollan, Luis Rosson, Manuel Sanchez, Luis Torner, Alejandro Ulloa, Luis Vinas

Director: Alejandro Ulloa

Producer: Spanish Theatre Repertory Company

Scenic Design: Ramon Batlle

1968 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Vivian Beaumont Theatre

Opening Night: Apr 25, 1968

Original Cast: Tom Atkins, Gary Barton, Robert Benson, Philip Bosco, John Braden, Richard Buck, Roberta Callahan, Albert Cavens, Dorothy Chace, Richard Clarke, James Cook, Dennis Cooney, Thomas Costello, John Danielle, Edgar Daniels, Blythe Danner, Ted D'Arms, Roger De Koven, Eileen Dolphin, Pamela Fife, Ray Fry, Howard Green, Suzanne Grossman, Robert Haswell, Lloyd Hollar, Gail Honig, Christopher Kelly, Karl Kraber, Janet League, Robert Levine, Ryan Listman, Aline MacMahon, Winifred Mann, Nancy Marchand, Bryan Marks, Jerry Mayer, Maeve McGuire, Donnie Melvin, Kim Michaels, Earl Montgomery, Joseph Palmieri, James Pedrick, Robert Phalen, Barbara-Mae Phillips, Larry Pine, Sandy Rochelle, Leon Russom, Jack Ryland, Brent Sutton, Robert Symonds, David Vilner, Sasha von Scherler, Shirley Jac Wagner, Ronald Weyand

Director: Carl Weber

Producer: Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center

Scenic Design: David Hays

Costume Design: James Hart Stearns

Lighting Design: John Gleason

1984 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Gershwin Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 16, 1984

Original Cast: Penelope Beaumont, Christopher Benjamin, Ken Bones, John Bowe, Christopher Bowen, Raymond Bowers, Alexandra Brook, John Carlisle, Amy Chang, Robert Clare, Simon Clark, Richard Clifford, Dennis Clinton, Sinéad Cusack, Jeffery Dench, Philip Dennis, Cathy Finlay, Alex Flagg, Geoffrey Freshwater, Jimmy Gardner, David Glover, Derek Jacobi, Edward Jewesbury, Ray Llewellyn, Tom Mannion, Samuel Schieffelin Nordberg, Niall Padden, George Parsons, Brenda Peters, Pete Postlethwaite, Clare Byam Shaw, David Shaw-Parker, Jayne Tottman, John Tramper, Phillip Walsh

Director: Terry Hands

Choreographer: Doreen Hermitage

Producer: James M. Nederlander, Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Cynthia Wood, Dale Duffy and Allan Carr

Scenic Design: Ralph Koltai

Costume Design: Alexander Reid

Lighting Design: Terry Hands

Sound Design: John A. Leonard

Cyrano's Nose Design: Christopher Tucker

2007 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Richard Rodgers Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 1, 2007

Total Performances: 56

Original Cast: Jennifer Garner, Kevin Kline, Daniel Sunjata, Max Baker, Euan Morton, Chris Sarandon, John Douglas Thompson, Concetta Tomei, Stephen Balantzian, Tom Bloom, Keith Eric Chappelle, MacIntyre Dixon, Davis Duffield, Amefika El-Amin, Peter Jay Fernandez, Kate Guyton, Ginifer King, Carman Lacivita, Piter Marek, Lucas Papaelias, Leenya Rideout, Fred Rose, Thomas Schall, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Alexander Sovronsky, Baylen Thomas, Nance Williamson

Director: David Leveaux

Producer: Susan Bristow LLC, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Barbara Manocherian, Stephanie McClelland and Jon B. Platt

Scenic Design: Tom Pye

Costume Design: Gregory Gale

Lighting Design: Donald Holder

Sound Design: David Van Tieghem

Hair and Wig Designer: Tom Watson

Make Up & Prosthetics Designer: Todd Kleitsch

2012 Broadway Revival

Theatre: American Airlines Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 11, 2012

Total Performances: 52

Original Cast: Douglas Hodge, Patrick Page, Clémence Poésy, Max Baker, Peter Bradbury, Bill Buell, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Mikaela Feely-Lehmann, Andy Grotelueschen, Geraldine Hughes, Tim McGeever, Drew McVety, Frances Mercanti-Anthony, Okieriete Onaodowan, Samuel Roukin, Kyle Soller, Ben Steinfeld