{"product_id":"the-all-too-romantics-les-romanesques-paperback","title":"The All-Too-Romantics (Les Romanesques) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThom Christoph\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRostand described \u003cem\u003eLes Romanesques \u003c\/em\u003eas\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\"a \u003cem\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/em\u003e with a happy ending\". Percinet and Sylvette, the \"all-too-romantic\" title figures, love each other against their fathers' orders and consider themselves the new Romeo and Juliet. They meet in secret at the wall separating the gardens of their feuding fathers, hoping wistfully for an end to the hostilities, which does in fact come - from a source the young people could not have suspected - just in time for the first-act curtain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut real life is more than romance, and only when the lovers learn this, with the help of a swashbuckling swordsman named Straforel, can they find their true love for one another and their genuine happy ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe success of \u003cem\u003eLes Romanesques\u003c\/em\u003e encouraged Rostand to continue to write verse dramas, leading to his masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eCyrano de Bergerac.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe All-Too-Romantics\u003c\/em\u003e is a foretaste of Rostand's later plays: here already are the wit, the verve and the panache, as well as the fluent, virtuosic verse - lyrical and humorous by turn. Here too is Rostand's idealistic enthusiasm for life. And the swordsman Straforel, the flamboyant liaison between romance and reality in \u003cem\u003eThe All-Too-Romantics\u003c\/em\u003e, is a forerunner of Cyrano himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter its premiere in 1894, \u003cem\u003eLes Romanesques\u003c\/em\u003e was swiftly translated into a dozen languages. It was the inspiration, in 1960, for \u003cem\u003eThe Fantasticks \u003c\/em\u003eby Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, which then went on to become the world's longest running musical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenge Press is the brainchild of Sue Lloyd, created to make the works of Edmond Rostand more readily accessible to anglophones. Ms. Lloyd is the author of Rostand's only full-length biography in English, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Was Cyrano: A Life of Edmond Rostand.\u003c\/em\u003e Other books published by Genge Press include: \u003cem\u003eSacred and Profane Love - Two Plays by Edmond Rostand\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Woman of Samaria\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last Night of Don Juan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ein prose translations, and Rostand's final play, \u003cem\u003eChantecler\u003c\/em\u003e, in the original French but fully annotated in English. All are in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more information on all our titles, please e-mail us at gengepress@btinternet.com or view our web site, www.cyranoandrostand2.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749821710624,"sku":"9780954904371","price":15.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/88c960b2cae99a2ee35a79f46350b8a1.webp?v=1779939167","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-all-too-romantics-les-romanesques-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}