Rostand, Edmond
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ROSTAND, EDMOND edmoN rostaN , 1868 1918, French poet and dramatist. In 1890 appeared his first volume of verse, Les Musardises...Cyrano was made memorable by the acting of Coquelin aine, Richard Mansfield, and, on the screen (1950), Jose Ferrer. In 1900 Rostand wrote LAiglon, whose central figure is the pathetic duke of Reichstadt (Napoleon II), a role long played by Sarah Bernhardt...