Edmond Rostand(1868-1918)

Stage: Wrote source material (play) for "Cyrano de Bergerac". produced on Broadway. Musical comedy/opera. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Stuart Reed. OOrchestra under the direction of John McGhie. Directed by A.M. Holbrook. Knickerbocker Theatre: 18 Sep 1899-14 Oct 1899 (28 performances). Cast: Charles H. Bowers (as "Christian de Neuvillette"), John E. Brand (as "Capt. Castel-Jaloux"), Robert Broderick (as "Count de Guiche"), Thomas De Vassey (as "Second Poet"), Charles F. Dodge (as "A Doorkeeper"), Lulu Glaser (as "Roxane"), F.S. Heck (as "Musketeer / An Actor"), A.M. Holbrook (as "A Friar / Montfleury"), Clara Hollywood (as "Page"), Bessie Howard (as "An Actress"), Josephine Intropidi (as "Duenna"), Carl King (as "Musketeer"), Josephine Knapp (as "Lise"), Stella Koetter (as "Second Cadet"), Peter Lang (as "Ragueneau"), William Laverty (as "A Young Lord"), H.L. Owen (as "Third Poet / Musketeer"), Joseph M. Ratliff (as "A Captain of the Musketeers"), Frank Scott (as "A Pickpocket"), Karl Stall (as "First Poet / Musketeer"), Martha Stein (as "Third Cadet"), Ltta Watson (as "First Cook's Boy"), Francis Wilson (as "Cyrano de Bergerac"), Laura Wise. Produced by Francis Wilson Opera Company. NOTE: Filmed as Cirano di Bergerac (1923), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Cyrano de Bergerac (1971), Cyrano de Bergerac (1955))