An American Conservatory Theatre production of one of Rostand’s most celebrated plays. Rostand’s swashbuckling, romantic comedy is beloved for its tragic love story and its witty hero, Cyrano de Bergerac.
Director: William Ball.
Writers: Edmond Rostand (play), Brian Hooker (translation).
Stars: Peter Donat, Marsha Mason, Marc Singer, Kathryn Crosby, Paul Shenar, Howard Sherman, E. Kerrigan Prescott, Robert Mooney, Daniel Kern, Henry Hoffman, Elizabeth Huddle Nyberg, John Hancock, Charles Hallahan, Patrick Crean, Robert Chapline, Roger Aaron Brown, Earl Boen, Joseph Bird, Andy Backer, Jane Atkins.
This is the best and richest translation from the original French, in my opinion, and the best performance of this play. I fell in love with it when I was so lucky to have seen it when it was broadcast on television many decades ago — was it 1974? I urge everyone to watch this film starring Peter Donat and Marsha Mason, for an amazing experience for your heart and mind.