Cyrano de Bergerac (Hooker translation)
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- 2024-05-05
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- librivox, audiobooks, comedy, romance, France, sword-fighting
- Language
- English
LibriVox recording of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. (Translated by Brian Hooker.)
Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers
"Cyrano de Bergerac", by Edmond Rostand, is the fictionalized story of the 17th century French swordsman, poet, and author. Rostand's hero is a larger-than-life figure of incredible ability, wit, and courage, but because he has an improbably large nose, he believes that no woman would ever love him. Instead of courting the woman he loves, he lends his words and voice to a handsome but tongue-tied soldier who wins her instead. Brian Hooker's English translation, in which Rostand's rhyming couplets are presented as blank verse, is the most well-known translation of the play, and it became the basis for the 1950 film version that won Jose Ferrer the Academy Award. - Summary by Mike Manolakes
Cast of Characters:
Cyrano de Bergerac: Mike Manolakes
Christian de Neuvillette: Andrew Kennedy
Comte de Guiche: Alan Mapstone
Ragueneau: ToddHW
Le Bret: Bethany Megill
Carbon de Castel-Jaloux: Phil Schempf
Ligniere: Kyle Donelan
Vicomte de Valvert: Greg Giordano
Montfleury: Wayne Cooke
Bellerose: redrun
Jodelet: Agnes Robert Behr
Cuigy: gracenfisk224
Brissaille: Michael Faze
Roxane: Jenn Broda
Her Duenna: WendyKatzHiller
Lise: Devorah Allen
The Orange-Girl: Devorah Allen
Mother Marguerite de Jesus: WendyKatzHiller
Sister Marthe: Joanna Michal Hoyt
Sister Claire: Devorah Allen
Additional voices (Spectators, Cadets, Poets, etc.): Alan Mapstone, stepheather, Rebecca Brown, Agnes Robert Behr, redrun, Rapunzelina, lorda, Jon B., Jonathan Gary, Scott Caulkins, Beeswaxcandle, David Purdy, Lynette Caulkins, Mason Lewis, Kelly S. Taylor, Susan Essary, Kyle Donelan, Jenn Broda, Stacey Malcolm, Norah Nelson
Narrator: Trish Rutter
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org.
M4B Audiobook (131MB)
Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers
"Cyrano de Bergerac", by Edmond Rostand, is the fictionalized story of the 17th century French swordsman, poet, and author. Rostand's hero is a larger-than-life figure of incredible ability, wit, and courage, but because he has an improbably large nose, he believes that no woman would ever love him. Instead of courting the woman he loves, he lends his words and voice to a handsome but tongue-tied soldier who wins her instead. Brian Hooker's English translation, in which Rostand's rhyming couplets are presented as blank verse, is the most well-known translation of the play, and it became the basis for the 1950 film version that won Jose Ferrer the Academy Award. - Summary by Mike Manolakes
Cast of Characters:
Cyrano de Bergerac: Mike Manolakes
Christian de Neuvillette: Andrew Kennedy
Comte de Guiche: Alan Mapstone
Ragueneau: ToddHW
Le Bret: Bethany Megill
Carbon de Castel-Jaloux: Phil Schempf
Ligniere: Kyle Donelan
Vicomte de Valvert: Greg Giordano
Montfleury: Wayne Cooke
Bellerose: redrun
Jodelet: Agnes Robert Behr
Cuigy: gracenfisk224
Brissaille: Michael Faze
Roxane: Jenn Broda
Her Duenna: WendyKatzHiller
Lise: Devorah Allen
The Orange-Girl: Devorah Allen
Mother Marguerite de Jesus: WendyKatzHiller
Sister Marthe: Joanna Michal Hoyt
Sister Claire: Devorah Allen
Additional voices (Spectators, Cadets, Poets, etc.): Alan Mapstone, stepheather, Rebecca Brown, Agnes Robert Behr, redrun, Rapunzelina, lorda, Jon B., Jonathan Gary, Scott Caulkins, Beeswaxcandle, David Purdy, Lynette Caulkins, Mason Lewis, Kelly S. Taylor, Susan Essary, Kyle Donelan, Jenn Broda, Stacey Malcolm, Norah Nelson
Narrator: Trish Rutter
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org.
M4B Audiobook (131MB)
- Addeddate
- 2024-05-06 03:11:48
- Call number
- 16551
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- Run time
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- Year
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