Georges Lavaudant / LG Théâtre
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| Text: | Edmond Rostand |
| Direction: | Georges Lavaudant |
| Dramaturgy: | Daniel Loayza |
| Cast: | Patrick Pineau and Marie Kauffmann, among others |
Cyrano de Bergerac is Edmond Rostand’s most celebrated play. It is freely based on the real character Hercule Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655). Written in 1897, its premiere at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in Paris on December 28th that same year with Coquelin as Cyrano was a great success, causing a good deal of commotion. The audience did not want to miss it, and the critics went wild, either to praise it or to tear it apart. The play was performed 400 times between December 1897 and March 1899, reaching a thousand performances by 1913. La Comédie Française restaged it in 1938, consolidating it as one of the great works of French theatre.
The version of Cyrano de Bergerac that will land in March at the Teatros del Canal within the programme of the Festival de Otoño a Primavera sways between comedy and tragedy. Patrick Pineau gives life to the big-nosed swordsman, displaying all his acting genius onstage and giving humanity to a melancholy though eloquent character, receiving unanimous praise from both critics and audience for his work wherever the production has toured. Director George Lauvandant has distilled and abbreviated the staging of this great love story – one of the world’s theatre classics - presenting an intimate creation free of mechanical devices, elegantly sustained by the entire troupe of 17 actors.
The world premiere of this production took place at the Lyon Nuits de Fourvière on June the 4th, 2013.
