Cyrano de Bergerac: who's who, timeline and places
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- ChristianChristian enters the theater with Lignière and keeps looking toward the boxes.First seen in scene 2
- LignièreLignière arrives with Christian among the noisy spectators gathering before the performance.First seen in scene 2
- CyranoCyrano forbids Montfleury to perform and is sought by Ragueneau and Le Bret.First seen in scene 3
- RoxaneRoxane is the refined woman Christian loves but fears approaching.First seen in scene 3
- De GuicheDe Guiche is a count whose marriage scheme Lignière explains to Christian.First seen in scene 3
- Le BretLe Bret searches for Cyrano while the audience demands that the play begin.First seen in scene 3
- RagueneauRagueneau arrives at the theater looking for Cyrano, who has forbidden Montfleury to perform.First seen in scene 3
- MontfleuryMontfleury is a performer whom Cyrano has forbidden to appear onstage.First seen in scene 3
- The duennaThe duenna arrives and interrupts Cyrano's private conversation with Le Bret.First seen in scene 6
- LiseLise makes bags from poems Ragueneau treasures, exposing their disagreement over poetry and payment.First seen in scene 10
- Scene 3
Christian waits for Roxane at the theater, fearing that his limited wit makes him unfit to approach her.
- Scene 5
Cyrano drives Montfleury offstage, pays for the canceled performance, and wounds Valvert while composing a poem.
- Scene 6
Cyrano tells Le Bret he loves his cousin Roxane but believes his appearance prevents him from declaring himself.
- Scene 8
Cyrano promises to escort Lignière home despite a warning that a hundred attackers await him.
- Scene 10
Ragueneau delights in a pastry lyre but quarrels with Lise over bags made from treasured poems.
- Scene 15
Roxane tells Cyrano she loves Christian and asks him to protect Christian from challenges within his company.
- Scene 16
Cyrano rejects De Guiche's support and mocks him after he admits ordering the ambush.
- Scene 19
Cyrano offers Christian his eloquence and an already written love letter to help him court Roxane.
- Scene 23
Roxane persuades De Guiche to keep the Cadets away from Arras, disguising her concern for Christian as revenge against Cyrano.
- Scene 26
Christian tries speaking without Cyrano's help, but Roxane rejects his repeated declarations and shuts the door.
- Scene 27
Cyrano secretly replaces Christian beneath Roxane's balcony and expresses his own love through Christian's identity.
- Scene 30
Cyrano persuades Roxane to accept a kiss, then sends Christian up to her balcony.
- Scene 31
Roxane pretends De Guiche's letter orders her marriage to Christian and persuades the friar to perform it.
- Scene 32
Cyrano delays De Guiche with a story about falling from the moon while Roxane and Christian exchange marriage vows.
- Scene 33
De Guiche orders Christian to join the departing regiment, and Roxane entrusts him to Cyrano.
- Scene 35
Cyrano returns through Spanish lines after carrying letters, while Le Bret challenges the danger of his daily journeys.
- Scene 38
De Guiche directs an enemy attack toward the cadets, and Roxane unexpectedly arrives at the camp.
- Scene 40
Roxane reveals food hidden in her carriage, turning the starving cadets' hunger into celebration.
- Scene 42
Roxane tells Christian that his letters make her love his soul rather than his appearance.
- Scene 43
Christian demands that Roxane choose with full knowledge after Cyrano admits loving her.
- Scene 44
Christian's fatal wound stops Cyrano from revealing his secret, and Cyrano leads the cadets against the enemy.
- Scene 48
Ragueneau tells Le Bret that falling wood has left Cyrano unconscious with a severe head wound.
- Scene 50
Cyrano reads the farewell letter as darkness falls, allowing Roxane to recognize his voice and hidden love.
- Scene 51
Roxane declares her love, and Cyrano faces death standing while fighting imaginary enemies.
Hidden until you have read that far.
- Hôtel de BourgogneThe Hôtel de Bourgogne is a tennis court fitted for a theatrical performance.First seen in scene 1
- Ragueneau’s pastry shopRagueneau’s pastry shop on Rue St. Honoré is Cyrano's chosen place for a private meeting.First seen in scene 7
- ArrasArras is the destination of the siege for which De Guiche prepares to leave.First seen in scene 23
- conventThe convent is a religious house Roxane names as the recipient of a supposed gift.First seen in scene 31
- The campThe camp holds the company near trenches, within sight of the walls and rooftops of Arras.First seen in scene 34
- ParisParis is the city containing the convent garden where nuns gather.First seen in scene 45
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