CYRANO DE BERGERAC A new version of Edmond Rostand's 'heroic comedy'.

First edition. Hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Michael Kane illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears.

Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) is chiefly remembered for the 'heroic comedy' Cyrano de Bergerac, a verse play based on the life of a 17th-century Gascon to whom he gave legendary status. The play opened in Paris in 1897. Derek Mahon's version was commissioned by the National Theatre, London. It was first published in simultaneous paperback and hardcover editions, on 19 April 2004, the day of its premiere.