Comedie Francaise

commedie francaise presents ‘cyrano de bergerac

Lynne Lancaster / 14 October 2017

We were privileged to see the Comedie Francaise in a revival of the much loved French classic by Edmund Rostand CYRANO DE BERGERAC. (yes in French, with English subtitles).

Rostand’s play tells of the soldier-poet Cyrano de Bergerac, who is …

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romeo and juliet @ the comedie francaise: a production to swoon for

Lynne Lancaster / 18 July 2017

This production sees Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET performed for the first time in over 50 years at the Comedie Francaise. The play is performed in French, it is the Victor Hugo version with English surtitles.

The clean camera work exquisitely …