Edmond Rostand, Chantecler [Chanticleer]

Susan Lloyd (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Edward Forman, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.06: French Writing and Culture: Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (Universidad de Antioquia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

First circulation or publication Feb 1910

Places

France (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Drama

Resources

Edmond Rostand’s Chantecler, a four-act play in verse with prologue, was first performed on 7 February 1910 at the Porte-Saint-Martin Theatre, Paris. In Rostand’s œuvre, it is second in significance only to Cyrano de Bergerac. It also contains some of Rostand’s best lyrical writing, including the famous “Hymn to the Sun”, and embodies his main themes: the loss of illusions, the role of the poet, the need to act so that good will prevail and, as in La Princesse Lointaine and La Samaritaine, the power of love to transform human beings. Like all Rostand’s plays, Chantecler also conceals a “leçon d’âme”, a lesson …

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Citation: Lloyd, Susan. "Chantecler". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 September 2017 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35913, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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