4. Cyrano de Bergerac

"A wonderful play, full of sunshine and sadness"

Swordsman, Philosopher, Poet, Raconteur Cyrano de Bergerac is all these things, but none of them makes him happy

What he desires above all is the love of the beautiful Roxane

But his problem is as plain as the huge nose on his face - is he too ugly ever to be loved?

Salvation of a kind arrives in the form of the handsome yet tongue-tied Christian de Neuvillette

Might not Cyrano's eloquence and Christian s beauty together win Roxane?

But certainly not before duelling foes, powerful rivals, and a war against Spain put our hero to the test