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Great Performances•Season 36•Episode 4

Cyrano de Bergerac

7.8/10 · 27 votesJan 7, 2009

Ranked #5 of 7 in Season 36•+0.3 vs season avg

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David Leveaux’s stylish production, with sumptuous costumes and sets by Gregory Gale and Tom Pye respectively, remains true to Rostand’s 1897 heartbreaker of a play, bursting with swashbuckling gascons and duplicitous noblemen, fops and ruffians. Its tale of the eponymous philosopher-swordsman (Kline), who pines for

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Episode Summary

"Cyrano de Bergerac" is episode 4 of Great Performances season 36. It scored 7.8/10 from 27 votes, ranking #5 of 7 episodes this season (season average 7.5). It aired on January 7, 2009.

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