Rostand, Edmond
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...lointaine (1895, tr. The Princess Faraway, 1899), written for Sarah Bernhardt; and La Samaritaine (1897, tr. The Woman of Samaria, from his Plays, 1921). They were followed by Cyrano de Bergerac (1897, tr. 1923), a tour de force of dramatic...