And so it’s a bold move, one of many in this dazzlingly inventive and entertaining new version of the play, for its star to walk on stage unenhanced, to play Cyrano with only his own, rather modest schnoz. Such chat isn’t idle, given the significance of the facial feature for Edmond Rostand’s tortured hero - a brilliant man in so many ways, brought low by his perceived ugliness. Even Gerard Depardieu, already generously endowed in that regard, employed prosthetic assistance for his lauded 1990 screen portrayal, as did Jose Ferrer for his Oscar-winning turn in 1950. It seems an appendage they couldn’t do without. You might say that an actor taking on the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac doesn’t have to fill his predecessors’ shoes, as such, but to match the length of their nose.
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