Perhaps a Bit Extensive

I think the settings Rostand creates are too large to fit on a normal stage (at least they are in my mind) and are too different for quick scenery changes. The play was also very long, and the cast was much larger than any I had seen before. Throughout the entire time I was reading, I kept thinking that perhaps this play would fare better as a movie. A large cast is normally expected for a movie, and the switches to different settings would be easier in a movie.

That being said, I really did enjoy the play. Cyrano completely impressed me throughout the play. Despite his disfigurement, he became a great warrior, poet, and speaker. He was chivalrous to the women (except for Lise who needed to reprimanded anyway) and, even though he had many enemies, he was a true friend to the ones he had. He also gave up Roxanne to Christian because he wanted her to be happy. Sure, he helped Christian deceive her by making her think Christian was poetic, but he did it to make her happy. Even when Christian was going to tell Roxanne the truth about their relationship Cyrano tried to stop him, and as Christian died he said the Roxanne loved Christian not himself. He also let Roxanne hold onto the thought that Christian was the one who wrote to her for all those years so as not to ruin what she had. Roxanne only found out in the end by an accident, and Cyrano still tried to convince her otherwise. Cyrano was certainly a good man.