Here's your bout-īustle around some cull, and bite his bung. (Gathers around him several evil-looking young fellows) (To the Second, the moment the Porter turns his back) Here!-And to think, my son, that in this hall (Behind him as he rises, still struggling with the Flower Girl) (In stepping back, one of the cavaliers trips him up) Would you not think you were in some den of vice? (Draws a bottle from under his cloak and sits down with the others)įor a jolly old sot to suck his Burgundy. (Sits on the floor, together with several others who have brought packages of food) Of you, to come before they light the hall! (Takes from his pocket a bit of candle, lights it, sets it on the floor) (Showing games which he takes out of his doublet) (They fence with the foils which they have brought) (Turns to another Cavalier who has just entered)Īnd here's the whole floor empty. The Chandeliers are lowered to the floor, in the middle of the Hall, ready for lighting. On one of the panels of this door, as also in other places about the Hall, and in particular just over the Sideboard, are Playbills in red, upon which we may read the title La Clorise.Īs the Curtain Rises, the Hall is dimly lighted and still empty. There are no seats upon the Floor, which is the actual stage of our theatre but toward the back of the Hall, on the right, a few benches are arranged and underneath a stairway on the extreme right, which leads up to the galleries, and of which only the lower portion is visible, there is a sort of Sideboard, decorated with little tapers, vases of flowers, bottles and glasses, plates of cake, et cetera.įarther along, toward the centre of our stage is the Entrance to the Hall a great double door which opens only slightly to admit the Audience. Two tiers of Galleries along the side of the Hall the upper one divided into boxes. On either side of these steps, a place for the Musicians. Broad steps lead from the Stage down to the floor of the Hall. The curtain is formed by two lengths of Tapestry which can be drawn apart. This Stage is provided on either hand with benches placed along the wings. The Hall is a long rectangle we see it diagonally, in such a way that one side of it forms the back scene, which begins at the First Entrance on the Right and runs up to the Last Entrance on the Left, where it makes a right angle with the Stage which is seen obliquely.

A sort of Tennis Court, arranged and decorated for Theatrical productions. The Hall of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1640.

Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Translated by Brian Hooker THE FIRST ACT A Performance at the Hôtel de Bourgogne

Cyrano de bergerac by edmond rostand