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University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 25, 1963
Cyrano de Bergerac
Brilliant Wit, Fine Poet, Big Nose
By Carol Lathrop
A brilliant wit, fine poet, and
lonely man with a big nose.
Those words describe Cyrano de Bergerac, the lead character in the play by the same name which opens at 8:30 p.m. April 30 and runs through May 4 in the University Theatre.
"Cyrano de Bergerac is the best of the romantic melodramas that has ever been presented." F. C. Strickland, visiting professor of speech and drama said.
It is a story which combines comedy, drama, love, and acrobatics. Also, it includes such things as 27 ways to insult a nose, a recipe for almond tarts in rhyme form, and various new, romantic definitions for the word, kiss.
"Cyrano de Bergerac" is the story of two men, Cyrano and Christian, who love the same woman, Roxanne. Because Cyrano is impeded in romance by his big nose and Christian by his inability to express himself. Cyrano teaches Christian the art of romance and writes poetic letters for him to deliver to Rox- anne.
When Christian goes to war, Cyrano continues to write letters to Roxanne for Christian.
Roxanne visits the battlefield, and tells Christian that she loves his very soul which she has seen in his letters.
Christian realizes that she loves Cyrano, and is about to tell her the truth when he is killed.
Fifteen years later Roxanne is still wearing the letters around her neck which she believes were written by Christian. In Cyrano's dying moments he tells her the truth.
"Although everybody loves to see the play, few people get to see it. It is seldom done, because of the difficulties presented by the large
Russians May Have Seen Test
CAPE CANAVERAL — (UPI) If they looked back over their shoulders, a group of Russians caught a spectacular view afforded few Americans — a bird's-eye view of a U.S. rocket firing.
They were in the right place at the right time yesterday — aboard a high-flying Soviet jet airplane off the coast coast of Florida just as a U.S. Pershing missile blasted away from Cape Canaveral.
Whether the Russians actually saw the speedy little rocket as it streaked 200 miles across the Atlantic in a successful test was unknown. But the Pershing left a brilliant white vapor trail — characteristic of solid-fueled missiles that could be seen for scores of miles.
It apparently was a chance piece of luck. The Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) in Miami, Fla., indicated the Soviet plane was en route from Moscow to Havana, Cuba, on a course flown by the Russians roughly twice a week.
William Kuhkl, instructor of speech and drama and theater assistant, will play the part of Cyrano. He has been rehearsing certain parts since the first of last May, and has been taking fencing lessons three days a week since October.
Eight members of the fencing team are participating in the play.
settings and the three major roles," said director Strickland.
Roxanne is played by Marilyn
Miller Boyd, Lawrence senior, Larry Ketchum. Twin Falls, Idaho freshman, plays the part of Christian.
Prof. Strickland has directed the play twice before while he was at Stanford University.
Tickets may be obtained at the ticket office in Murphy for $2.40, $1.80, and $1.20. Identification cards will admit students to $1.20 seats.
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