Statue dedicated to Edmond Rostand in Cambo-les-Bains

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Rostand is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best-known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during the late 19th century. One of Rostand's works, Les Romanesques, has been adapted as the highly successful musical comedy The Fantasticks. The term neo-romanticism is synonymous with post-Romanticism or late Romanticism. ... Cyrano de Bergerac is a play by Edmond Rostand based on the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. ... Naturalism is a movement in theater, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as Romanticism or Surrealism, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic, idealistic, or even supernatural treatment. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... The Fantasticks original Off Broadway CD cover The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical comedy with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. ...

Sarah Bernhardt as Mélisande in La Princesse Lointaine

Rostand was born in Marseille, France, into a wealthy and cultured Provençal family. His father was an economist and a poet, a member of the Marseille Academy and the Institut de France. Rostand studied literature, history, and philosophy at the Collège Stanislas in Paris, France. In 1901, Rostand became the youngest writer to be elected to the Académie française. Image File history File links Clairin_-_Sarah_Bernhardt_as_Mélisande. ... Image File history File links Clairin_-_Sarah_Bernhardt_as_Mélisande. ... Sarah Bernhardt (October 23, 1844 – March 26, 1923) was a French stage actress. ... http://www. ... Coat of arms of Provence Provence (Provençal Occitan: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to the Italian border. ... Alan Greenspan, former chairman, United States Federal Reserve. ... The Institut de France (French Institute) is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is probably the Académie française. ... Collège Stanislas, Paris Collège Stanislas de Paris (also Stanislaus College or College Stanislaus) is a private Catholic school in Paris, situated on the Rue Notre Dame in Montparnasse. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... The Académie française In the French educational system an académie LAcadémie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ...

In the 1900s, Rostand came to live in the Villa Arnaga in Cambo-les-Bains in the French Basque Country looking for a cure for his pleurisy. The house is now a heritage site and a museum of Rostand's life and Basque architecture and crafts. Rostand died in 1918, a victim of the Great Flu Epidemic, and is buried in the Cimetière de Marseille. // Public flight demonstration of an airplane by Alberto Santos-Dumont in Paris, November 12, 1906. ... Cambo-les-Bains (Basque Kanbo) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ... Basque Country flag Basque Country Northern Basque Country, French Basque Country or Continental Basque Country (French: Pays Basque, Basque: Iparralde) constitutes the Western part of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. ... Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is an inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs, which can cause painful respiration and other symptoms. ... Languages Basque - few monoglots Spanish - 1,525,000 monoglots French - 150,000 monoglots Basque-Spanish - 600,000 speakers Basque-French - 76,000 speakers [4] other native languages Religions Traditionally Roman Catholic The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous people[] who inhabit parts of both Spain and France. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Spanish Flu Pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza Pandemic, the 1918 Flu Epidemic, and La Grippe, was an unusually severe and deadly strain of influenza, a viral infectious disease, that killed some 25 million to 40 million people (possibly significantly more) world-wide in 1918 and 1919. ...

Selected works

• Le Gant Rouge, 1888 - The Red Glove
• Les Musardises, 1890 - "Musings"
• Les Romanesques, 1894 - The Romantics
• La Princesse Lointaine, 1895 - The Faraway Princess
• La Samaritaine, 1897 - The Woman of Samaria
• Cyrano de Bergerac, 1897
• L'Aiglon, 1900
• Chantecler, 1910
• Œuvres Complètes, 7 vols., 1910-1911
• La dernière nuit de Don Juan, 1921 - The Last Night of Don Juan
• Le Cantique de L'aile, 1922
• Le Vol de La Marseillaise, 1922
• Thèâtre, 1921-1929

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• Brief biography of Rostand at Kirjasto (Pegasos)
• French text of Rostand's La princesse lointaine
• Works by Edmond Rostand at Project Gutenberg