Cyrano De Bergerac Play. Rostand’s dream of reviving national pride with his hero’s heroism, wit and typically french panache was an unparalleled success. Given that rostand set out in 1897 to provide an antidote to naturalistic drama this may seem.

Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly. There was a real cyrano de bergerac, and the play is a fictionalization following the broad outlines of his life. In paris, in the year 1640, a brilliant poet and swordsman named cyrano de bergerac finds himself deeply in love with his beautiful, intellectual cousin roxane.