‘Flounders in what it is trying to say’ Deep beneath the Ham Yard Hotel, Cyrano de Bergerac is brought once again vividly onto the silver screen. Sadly, this beloved farce has an identity crisis in the chrysalis and comes out bewildered. Satirising the romantic French novels of the 1600s, Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac is known for its ludicrous, comic ...