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Rostand

American  
[raws-tahn] / rɔsˈtɑ̃ /

noun

  1. Edmond 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.


Rostand British  
/ rɔstɑ̃ /

noun

  1. Edmond (ɛdmɔ̃). 1868–1918, French playwright and poet in the romantic tradition; best known for his verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Rostand has rarely sounded so with it in English.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

A star of the commercial theater sector in France, he has built his reputation on accessible, fast-paced comedy dramas like “Edmond,” a “Shakespeare in Love”-style spin on the life of the French playwright Edmond Rostand.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

“The Fantasticks,” based on a play by Edmond Rostand, concerns a young girl and boy, secretly brought together by their fathers, and an assortment of odd characters.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2023

This “Cyrano” centers the freedom that new forms of drama betoken, and all the ways that the writing of the past can feed them — from Rostand to Emily Dickinson.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022

In the words of Jean Rostand, “The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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