Rostand’s last plays are mannered and are marked by verbal ostentation. The play Chanticleer (staged and published 1910) glorified an enthusiastic idealist. Rostand also wrote the Bonapartist drama The Eaglet (staged and published 1900). Shchepkina-Kupernik’s translation, and has been performed in Russian and Soviet theaters since that time. It was first performed in Russia in 1898 in St. Cyrano de Bergerac was translated into many languages and brought Rostand world renown. Rostand’s chief literary device is romantic antithesis. The plot centers on Cyrano’s conflict with his mean, philistine environment. The playwright endowed his protagonist, the poet Cyrano de Bergerac, with strong emotions expressed in an elevated romantic manner exalted love for a woman merges with love for one’s country. It brought great acclaim to the young French poet-playwright Edmond Rostand (18681918). Turning to progressive national traditions, Rostand wrote his best play, Cyrano de Bergerac (staged 1897, published 1898). The play was both a literary anomaly and a smashing stage success. The drama The Far-off Princess (staged and published 1895) glorifies lofty chivalrous love and presents motifs from medieval legends. In his first play, the comedy The Romantics (staged and published 1894), Rostand affirms the beauty of natural feelings.
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