Cyrano, a man plagued with an extremely long, protruding nose, reluctantly helps a shy acquaintance communicate with the woman Cyrano is passionately in love with.
Cast List:
David Wenham - Cyrano
Asher Keddie - Roxane
David Lyons - Christian
Stephen Ballantyne - Le Bret
Jay Bowen - Valvert/Brissaille
Gerry Connolly - Subscriber/Priest
Julie Eckersley - Bourgeois Woman/Lise/Sister Clair
Carita Farrer - Duenna/Sister Marthe
Russell Fletcher - Bourgeois/Jodelet
Bob Hornery - Ligniere/Montfleury
Alex Menglet - Ragueneau
Hayden Spencer - De Guiche/Guigy
Adam Zwar - Pickpocket/Bellerose
David played Cyrano, a man well versed in verse who has endured insults of his nose for years with wit and a sharp sword. But he feels powerless in wooing Roxane.
Jay Bowen and Alex Menglet were in Killing Time.
Alex Menglet was also in the SeaChange episode If Fish Could Fly and The Brush Off.
Melbourne Theatre Company: February 25 through April 2, 2005.